Table 1 Countries initially reporting child imported cases during influenza pandemic (H1N1-2009)
From: The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics
Country | Report month | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
Australia [36] | May 2009 | The first confirmed Victorian case was reported in a child returning from USA |
Argentina [37] | March 2010 | First case detected in Chile's Quake-hit area was a 5-year old child |
Brazil [38] | May 2009 | The first four imported cases were found in young adults who had travelled to Mexico and the USA |
China [39] | May 2009 | The first imported case was a student returning from Canada. The second and third imported cases were notified in students coming from USA |
Ecuador [40] | May 2009 | First case of H1N1-2009 was a student aged 13 returning from the USA |
France [41] | May 2009 | Second imported case was a student aged 17 from Mexico |
Italy [42] | May 2009 | A 11-year-old male child and a 33-month-old infant were confirmed to be the first and third cases of H1N1-2009 in Rome |
Japan [43] | May 2009 | Three teenage students and a teacher were confirmed to be the first four imported H1N1-2009 cases after returning from a school trip in Canada |
New Zealand [44] | April 2009 | The first imported cases in New Zealand arrived in a group of students returning from a visit to Mexico |
Portugal [45] | June 2009 | Third imported case was a 8-year-old child returning from Toronto |
Singapore [46] | June 2009 | Eighth case is a 15-year-old Singaporean male who travelled from India to Orlando and Atlanta |
Spain [47] | July 2009 | 13 cases of influenza evacuated from a camp in La Vera. Of the 13 cases, 11 were children |
Thailand [48] | May 2009 | First imported case was a 17-year-old Thai female student returning from Mexico |
United Kingdom [49] | April 2009 | First confirmed case, a pupil at a school in England, was imported |
United States of America [50] | April 2009 | First two cases were identified in two children in California |