title: Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v reported in Turkey, May-July 2009.
abstract: Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of human cases of infection with a new influenza A(H1N1)v virus of swine origin, the Turkish Ministry of Health launched a case-based reporting of influenza A(H1N1)v throughout the country on 27 April 2009. The index case was detected on 15 May 2009. As of 17 July 2009 the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1)v totaled 128 of whom 38 were indigenous cases.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey. ciblakm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ciblak
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Odabas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basak Altas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanturvardar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasoksuz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sucakli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korukluoglu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ertek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult