Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Vaccination and Class Suspensions after Outbreaks, Taipei City, Taiwan

Po-Ren Hsueh, Ping-Ing Lee, Allen Wen-Hsiang Chiu, and Muh-Yong Yen

Author affiliations: National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (P.-R. Hsueh, P.-I. Lee); Taipei City Hospital, Taipei (A. Wen-Hsiang Chiu, M.-Y. Yen)

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Weekly number of class suspensions (including nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary/primary schools, and junior and senior high schools) and new hospitalized patients caused by pandemic (H1N1) 2009, confirmed by real-time reverse transcription–PCR in Taipei City, Taiwan, from week 29 in 2009 to week 4 in 2010. W1–3, 3 waves of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreaks. See text for details of the vaccination program for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 for school children 7–18 years of age.

Figure 2. Weekly number of class suspensions (including nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary/primary schools, and junior and senior high schools) and new hospitalized patients caused by pandemic (H1N1) 2009, confirmed by real-time reverse transcription–PCR in Taipei City, Taiwan, from week 29 in 2009 to week 4 in 2010. W1–3, 3 waves of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreaks. See text for details of the vaccination program for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 for school children 7–18 years of age.

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