Epidemiological Surveillance of Influenza and Other Respiratory Diseases in Military Personnel. Prevention of Influenza and Other Respiratory Diseases - Laboratory Studies
Abstract
During the 1987-88 season the influenza virus again proved its unpredictable character. The dominant virus was an H3N2 subtype of influenza A. The season was unique in that the virus appeared remarkably early, in early November, and continued to cause sharp outbreaks in some segments of the civilian community well into March 1988. The virus showed considerable antigenic drift away from A/Leningrad/87 and furthermore behaved quite differently when grown in tissue culture or chick embryo. Despite the antigenic drift, the antibody response to the 1987 strains following vaccination with A/Leningrad/86 vaccine was remarkably good in recruits and somewhat less effective in previously vaccinated individuals in the permanent party. These 10 cases were spread over a period of 17 weeks and no more than three in any single week. Also of considerable interest was the demonstration of 21 cases of parainfluenza I infection, of which 19 occurred in students and two in permanent party members. Influenza B did not appear until May when three cases were detected. Keywords: Military medicine.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA205620
Entities
People
- Brian Lauer
- Gordon Meiklejohn
- Myron Levin
- Theodore C. Eickhoff
Organizations
- University of Colorado Health