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Influenza surveillance report no. 78, February 19, 1964
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February 19, 1964
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Alternative Title:Influenza : international summary, 1963 [map];Recommendations for influenza immunization and control in the civilian population;Study of vaccine efficacy in pregnant women;
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Description:"Outbreaks of influenza-like disease have recently been reported from communities in western Washington, from nearby areas on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and from several areas in the Orient, notably Taiwan and Japan. The Washington epidemic is the first to have been noted in the U. S. this year.. Presumptive laboratory confirmation has been obtained in this outbreak - the results indicating an A2 virus as the etiologic agent. Preliminary serologic studies have also implicated an influenza A virus - probably subtype A2- in Taiwan. An influenza B virus appears to be the agent involved in the extensive outbreaks now in progress on the island of Kyushu, Japan. An international summary of influenza in 1963 is included in this report. It is of some interest that among the last outbreaks to be reported last year were two in Asian countries- the Philippines and Thailand. Successful application of a method for rapid presumptive identification of the agent in a respiratory disea.se outbreak is described in the laboratory section of this report." - p. [1]
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Content Notes:February 19, 1964.
Produced by the Communicable Disease Center Epidemiology Branch Influenza Surveillance Unit.
Includes: map "Influenza : international summary, 1963"; special report: A Study of vaccine efficacy in pregnant women; "Recommendations for influenza immunization and control in the civilian population" for 1964-165 prepared by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice and approved by the Surgeon General.
"Summarized in this report is information received from State Health Departments, university investigators, virology laboratories and other pertinent sources, domestic and foreign. Much of the information is preliminary. It is intended primarily for the use of those with responsibility for disease control activities. Anyone desiring to quote this report should contact the original investigator for confirmation and interpretation." - preface
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