Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011

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Age as Risk Factor for Death from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Chile

Jeannette Dabanch, Cecilia Perret , Manuel Nájera, Claudia González, Andrea Guerrero, Andrea Olea, Rodrigo Fasce, Cecilia Morales, Jeanette Vega, and for the Advisory Committee of the Chilean Ministry of Health

Author affiliations: Author affilations: Universidad de los Andes Hospital Militar, Santiago, Chile (J. Dabanch); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (C. Perret); Chilean Ministry of Health, Santiago (M. Nájera, C. González, A. Guerrero, A. Olea, C. Morales, J. Vega); Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago (R. Fasce)

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Figure 1. Hospitalization rate for patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009, by age group among reported case-patients with influenza-like illness, Chile, 2009.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2Additional members of this committee who contributed data to this study are listed at the end of this article.

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