About the Authors

James L. Hadler

jhadler@health.nyc.gov

Affiliation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Kevin Konty

Affiliation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Katharine H. McVeigh

Affiliation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Anne Fine

Affiliation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Donna Eisenhower

Affiliation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Bonnie Kerker

Affiliation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Lorna Thorpe

Affiliations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, School of Public Health, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

JLH is a member of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases Board of Scientific Counselors. However, this work was done independently of that position and the author does do not believe there is a true conflict.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHM AF DE BK LT. Analyzed the data: KJK KHM. Wrote the paper: JH KHM. Planned data analysis strategy: JH KJK KHM AF DE BK LT. Contributed to writing of paper: KJK AF DE LT. Designed and conducted surveillance for deaths and hospitalizations due to nH1N1: AF.