Description of the early stage of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany, 27 April-16 June 2009

Euro Surveill. 2009 Aug 6;14(31):19295. doi: 10.2807/ese.14.31.19295-en.

Abstract

We report characteristics of the early stage of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany. Until 16 June 2009, 198 confirmed cases were notified. Almost half of the cases (47%) were imported, mostly from Mexico and the United States. About two third of indigenous cases were outbreak-related (with two large school-associated outbreaks, n=74). According to our results Germany is still in the early stage of the pandemic with limited domestic transmission.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype* / isolation & purification
  • Influenza, Human / complications
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Sex Distribution
  • Travel
  • Young Adult