A case-control study of risk factors for death from 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1): is American Indian racial status an independent risk factor?

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 144; no. 2; pp. 315 - 324
• Main Authors: HENNESSY, T. W., BRUDEN, D., CASTRODALE, L., KOMATSU, K., ERHART, L. M., THOMPSON, D., BRADLEY, K., O'LEARY, D. R., McLAUGHLIN, J., LANDEN, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Body mass index; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Councils; Datasets; Fatalities; Human subjects; Humans; Illnesses; Immunization; Indians, North American; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Influenza; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - physiology; Influenza, Human - mortality; Influenza, Human - virology; Interviews; Laboratories; Medical records; Middle Aged; Missing data; Mortality; Native North Americans; Original Papers; Pandemics; Public health; Regression analysis; Review boards; Risk Factors; United States - epidemiology; Variables; Young Adult; United States; Alaska; Wyoming; New Mexico; United States > US; Oklahoma; Arizona; USA, Oklahoma; USA, New Mexico; USA, Wyoming; INE, USA, Alaska; USA, Arizona; influenza; pandemic; Infectious disease epidemiology

Historically, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations have suffered excess morbidity and mortality from influenza. We investigated the risk factors for death from 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in persons residing in five states with substantial AI/AN populations. We conducted a case-cont...