Study of Mexico H1N1 outbreak: victims were young, many healthy

Date: June 29
Author: Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
Source: Reuters

* Most patients were under age 59

* All hospitalized patients had pneumonia

* No single pattern predicts sickest patients

Swine flu patients in Mexico were young and many were healthy before developing severe infections, doctors reported on Monday.

The first detailed studies of the outbreak of a new strain of H1N1 influenza show the epidemic in Mexico resembled the early stages of other pandemics, and showed there is no way yet to predict who will become severely ill from the virus.

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