Abstract
Early Clusters of Morbidity of 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 in Texas
Track: Health and Human Services
Author
In order to understand the spread of 2009 Influenza A/H1N1, in Texas, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) activated the Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC), April 2009. Laboratories in Texas tested patient samples, and for a seventeen day period the MACC tabulated the results daily. From day 1, the Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Lower Rio Grande Valley areas had the most cases, as seen in maps depicting confirmed cases per county. A regression graph was produced showing a cubic rate of growth of cases statewide. A second set of maps were created showing the infection rate (cases per 100,000 county population). This second set of maps show other areas with high cases of infection, such as Houston, have lower rates of infection, due to their large populations. The infection rate maps show the first three areas mentioned above, were indeed the most impacted parts of Texas.
Leon Kincy
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, Texas 78756
United States
Phone: 512-458-7111
E-mail: leon.kincy@dshs.state.tx.us