Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Surveillance in Marginalized Populations, Tijuana, Mexico.
To detect early cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection, in 2009 we surveyed 303 persons from marginalized populations of drug users, sex workers, and homeless persons in Tijuana, Mexico. Six confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were detected, and the use of rapid, mobile influenza testing was demonstrated.
Rodwell
Timothy C
TC
Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0507, USA. trodwell@ucsd.edu
Robertson
Angela M
AM
Aguirre
Norma
N
Vera
Alicia
A
Anderson
Christy M
CM
Lozada
Remedios
R
Chait
Lwbba
L
Schooley
Robert T
RT
Zhang
Xing-quan
XQ
Strathdee
Steffanie A
SA
D000328:Adult; D055030:Drug Users; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D058873:Pandemics; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011477:Sex Work