A total of 726 hospitalized test-negative controls and 14 case-patients who were hospitalized during the study period but not around the time of testing were also excluded.
For most of the period, enhanced surveillance for hospitalizations and ICU admissions due to nH1N1 was also conducted, including nH1N1 specific testing on persons hospitalized who tested influenza A positive and on all persons admitted to the ICU with acute respiratory illness, including ILI.
Dr. Harper said that the department relied on the judgment of doctors about when to test for swine flu, but that generally, patients who were hospitalized were tested.
Participants were hospitalized when tested.
The news agency also cited unconfirmed reports that Mr. Ozawa had been hospitalized for tests.
The official, Pavel P. Borodin, was hospitalized for tests related to a heart condition and diabetes, and did not attend the hearing.
Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the former dictator, was briefly hospitalized for tests after his family said he might have had a small stroke.
One day, he had a "spell," and was hospitalized for tests looking for heart problems, but all of them came back negative.
Koivu, a 26-year-old center, was hospitalized for tests in Montreal on Tuesday night after complaining of abdominal pain and vomiting following his arrival from his native Finland on Monday.
Cheney was hospitalized for tests after experiencing shortness of breath five months later.
In 2007, Antoinette first found out her status after her husband Martin was hospitalized and tested HIV-positive.
