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1958413

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
The Hong Kong H3N2 subtype of influenza A virus appeared in 1968 and since then has caused epidemics of varying degrees of severity. We describe a community outbreak of influenza A H3N2 which occurred in members of a bowls club in an English rural village in late April 1989. The explosive onset, high attack rate (34/41 = 83 per cent) in those exposed, and the clinical presentation initially suggested a toxic or allergic aetiology. Twenty-three persons consulted their general practitioners; before the diagnosis was made all cases were considered to merit antibiotic therapy and 17/23 were prescribed steroids or bronchodilators on account of persisting severe wheeze and chest tightness. One of the 23 was admitted to hospital. There were no deaths. Influenza vaccination is recommended for people at special risk but protective efficacy is relatively low and short-lived. Only two of the group had received influenza vaccination since the beginning of October 1988 and both became symptomatic. The use of amantadine for the prevention and early treatment of influenza A in selected situations merits serious consideration, provided the diagnosis is made sufficiently early.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0957-4832
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
An unusual community outbreak of influenza A.
pubmed:affiliation
PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article