Outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v without travel history in a school in the Toulouse district, France, June 2009

A Guinard; L Grout; C Durand; V Schwoebel

doi:10.2807/ese.14.27.19265-en

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Outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v without travel history in a school in the Toulouse district, France, June 2009

A Guinard ¹, L Grout^1,2, C Durand¹, V Schwoebel¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Cellule interrégionale d’épidémiologie Midi-Pyrénées, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Toulouse, France ² Programme de formation à l’épidémiologie de terrain (PROFET; field epidemiology training programme), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, France

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Citation style for this article: Guinard A, Grout L, Durand C, Schwoebel V. Outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v without travel history in a school in the Toulouse district, France, June 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(27):pii=19265. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.27.19265-en Received: 06 Jul 2009; Accepted:

Abstract

In June 2009, for the first time in France, a confirmed outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v without history of travel occurred in a secondary school in Toulouse district. A total of 15 cases were confirmed among students of which three were asymptomatic. This report describes the outbreak and its public health implications.