694 Recruiting Black Men to a Clinical Trial to Evaluate Prostate Cancer Screening Update: Outbreak of Influenza A Infection —
authorities, began investigating reports of febrile respiratory illnesses and associated pneumonia among summer land and sea travelers to Alaska and the Yukon Territory (1). Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence has implicated influenza A virus as the etiologic agent of the outbreak. From June 11 th...
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| Summary: | authorities, began investigating reports of febrile respiratory illnesses and associated pneumonia among summer land and sea travelers to Alaska and the Yukon Territory (1). Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence has implicated influenza A virus as the etiologic agent of the outbreak. From June 11 through August 22, completed viral cultures of 101 (48%) of 209 nasopharyngeal specimens have yielded 26 influenza A isolates, four other respiratory viruses, and 71 negative results; results are pending for 108 additional specimens. Of the 26 influenza A isolates, five have been characterized at CDC; all have been identified as influenza A/Sydney/5/97 (H3N2)-like viruses, a strain included in the 1998–99 influenza vaccine. This report presents updated information about the outbreak and includes recommendations for influenza A prevention and control in this setting. On August 6, active prospective surveillance was implemented for acute respiratory illnesses (ARI), including influenza-like illness (ILI) and associated pneumonia, in 12 hospitals and clinics in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, a clinic in Seattle and a hospital in Vancouver, and 17 commercial cruise ships touring the region. Because |
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