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Reports outline HIV/AIDS study findings from University of Stellenbosch, Department of Medicine

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 23rd, 2010

A new study, 'High mortality from respiratory failure secondary to swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) in South Africa,' is now available. "The novel influenza A (H1N1) pandemic affected South Africa late during the 2009 Southern hemisphere winter and placed an extra burden on a health care system already dealing with a high prevalence of chronic lung diseases and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics, clinical features, management and outcomes of patients with confirmed influenza A (H1N1) infection complicated by respiratory failure," scientists in Cape Town, South Africa report.

"We included...

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