In rural (125; 45.4%) as well as urban areas (164; 40.6%), maximum cases of pandemic
(H1N1) 2009 were observed during December 2009 (289; 42.4%) and least (22; 18.4% in
rural areas & 33; 13.8% in urban areas) during February 2010. Pooled data suggested that
206 (32.4%) of 634 samples examined from the patients reporting from the rural areas were
positive, whereas 327 (28.4%) of 1158 samples tested from urban areas, were found
positive. Age-wise distribution of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 test positive cases was made …

A hospital based study was conducted to determine the test positive results of pandemic
(H1N1) 2009 cases based on the molecular diagnosis of 1782 throat swabs from 6 districts
of north-western Rajasthan, India. The throat swabs of suspected cases of influenza-like
illness (ILI) were collected and analysed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
as per the laboratory criteria for diagnosis of influenza specimens suggested by WHO. Of the
total 1782 throat swab samples of suspected cases with ILI diagnosed for pandemic (H1N1) …