Influenza A Virus Aboard a U.S. Navy Ship in 1972 and the Antibody Response of the Crew to Influenza Vaccine.
Abstract
Following a shipboard influenza outbreak in 1972 in which influenza A viruses antigenically closely related to the A/England/42/72 and A/Queensland/5/72 were isolated, the crew was vaccinated with a vaccine containing 700 CCA units of A/Aichi/68/X-31 virus, to assess its antigenic efficacy in stimulating antibodies against several strains of the virus prevalent from 1957-1972. It was postulated from this study that vaccines containing influenza A strains of the 1968 vintage will not prove to have been very effective against the 1972 influenza A strains, and that it is highly likely that such a vaccine will be less effective against strains which will appear during the 1973-1974 influenza season.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA010803
Entities
People
- G. S. Irving
- I. J. Green
- J. V. Davenport
- S. C. Hung