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2009 Dec – Mortality from pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza in England: public health surveillance study.

Donaldson LJ, Rutter PD, Ellis BM, Greaves FEC, Mytton OT, Pebody RG, et al.; BMJ. 2009;339:b5213.
The research finds: i) the current estimated case fatality rate, using an estimate of symptomatic cases in the community as the denominator, is lower than previous estimates; ii) in the current pandemic children have experienced the highest attack rate and the lowest case fatality rates, while older people are much less susceptible but are more likely to die when affected.


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