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Original Article
Clinical characteristics of children with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) admitted in a single institution
Sang In Park, Min Ji Kim, Ho Yeon Hwang, Chi Eun Oh, Jung Hyun Lee, Jae Sun Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(10):886-891.   Published online October 31, 2010
Purpose

This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics of children diagnosed with the novel influenza A (H1N1) in the winter of 2009 at a single medical institution.

Methods

Out of 545 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) in children, using the real time RT-PCR method at Kosin University Gospel Hospital from September to December of 2009, 149 patients and their medical records...

Review Article
Novel swine-origin H1N1 influenza
Jina Lee, Hoan Jong Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(8):862-868.   Published online August 15, 2009
Since its identification in April 2009, a swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus (S-OIV) which is a reassortment of gene segments from both North American triple-reassortant and Eurasian swine influenza has been widely spread among humans in unexpected rapidity. To date, each gene segment of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) outbreak viruses have shown high (99.9%) neucleotide sequence identity. As of July 6, 94,512...