Swine Influenza A at Fort Dix, New Jersey (January-February 1976). 1. Case Finding and Clinical Study of Cases
Abstract
After the isolation of A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) influenza virus from five soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, case finding was initiated by obtaining specimens for viral isolation from 95 patients with acute respiratory disease and determining antibody to influenza A/Mayo Clinic/103/74 (hsw1N1) antigen in paired sera from 74 soldiers as A/New Jersey influenza patients. Development of heterotypic antibody to A/Mayo Clinic antigen following infection and/or immunization with influenza A (H3N2) strains was studied and was found to occur infrequently. One of the 13 identified patients had died, and postmortem findings were consistent with viral pneumonia. Four of the 12 surviving patients had radiologic evidence of pneumonia, but clinical syndromes in all 12 were similar to those described for other influenza A infections.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA051629
Entities
People
- Franklin H. Top Jr.
- Joel C. Gaydos
- John H. Zabkar
- Joseph D. Bartley
- Philip K. Russell
- Richard A. Hodder
- Richard G. Allen
- Taras Nowosiwsky
- Virginia J. Soden
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research