Table 1. Characteristics of eligible PCR- confirmed influenza cases.
Category | Subcategory | Total cases | Age <2 years | Age 2–5 years | Age >5 years |
(%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | ||
Total N | 273 | 82 | 96 | 95 | |
Gender | male | 152 | 47 | 49 | 56 |
(55.7) | (58.3) | (51.0) | (58.9) | ||
female | 121 | 35 | 47 | 39 | |
(44.3) | (42.7) | (49.0) | (41.1) | ||
Underlying condition | pulmonary | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
(9.5) | (8.5) | (7.3) | (12.6) | ||
cardiac | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
(7.3) | (4.9) | (7.3) | (9.5) | ||
endocrine | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
(4.8) | (1.2) | (4.2) | (8.4) | ||
hepatorenal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
(1.5) | (1.2) | (0) | (3.2) | ||
neurologic | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
(7.0) | (3.7) | (6.3) | (10.5) | ||
immuno- suppression | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
(3.3) | (0) | (2.1) | (7.4) | ||
hematologic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
(0.7) | (1.2) | (0) | (1.1) | ||
Prematuritya | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | |
(12.1) | (15.9) | (13.5) | (7.4) | ||
Treatment with Oseltamivir | treated | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 |
(12.1) | (19.5) | (11.5) | (6.3) | ||
untreated | 240 | 66 | 85 | 89 | |
(87.9) | (80.5) | (88.5) | (93.7) | ||
Influenza type/ subtype | A(H1N1)pdm09 | 70 | 27 | 23 | 20 |
(25.6) | (32.9) | (24.0) | (21.1) | ||
A(H3N2) | 112 | 38 | 47 | 27 | |
(41.0) | (46.3) | (49.0) | (28.4) | ||
B | 91 | 17 | 26 | 48 | |
(33.3) | (20.7) | (27.1) | (50.5) |
<37 gestation weeks.