JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 11-12, January 2010

H1N1 Influenza in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

  • David Sandvik, MD, FACP, CMD

      Affiliations

    • The South Dakota Institute of Geriatrics, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, and Golden Living Center Prairie Hills, Rapid City, SD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David Sandvik, MD, FACP, CMD, The South Dakota Institute of Geriatrics, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, 640 Flormann Street, Rapid City, SD 57701.
    • ,
  • James M. Keegan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Regional Health Physicians, Rapid City, SD

published online 23 November 2009.

We offer this brief report to inform other nursing home medical directors and attending physicians of a possible change in the profile of persons susceptible to H1N1 influenza. If a significant number of cases appear in older persons, the recommendations for H1N1 vaccination may need to be changed to include the elderly.

Keywords: H1N1 influenza, type A influenza, elderly, nursing homes

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PII: S1525-8610(09)00401-0

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2009.10.011

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 11-12, January 2010

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