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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:48 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by MedPage Today


Older H1N1 Patients Most Likely to Die

Although the pandemic H1N1 flu tends to strike younger people, it can be life-threatening when older people are infected, California researchers said.

In the first four months of the pandemic, 1,088 people in the state needed inpatient care or died of the pandemic...

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"We found many physicians delayed treatment of their patients because they were falsely reassured by the rapid test" she said
Older H1N1 Patients Most Likely to Die [MedPage Today - 11/04/2009]
...the H1N1 strain, "it can be every bit as serious as the seasonal flu."
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