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Influenza-respiratory disease surveillance report no. 85, June 30, 1969
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June 30, 1969
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Alternative Title:Recommendation of the Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Influenza
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Corporate Authors:National Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Respiratory Viral Diseases Unit. ; National Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Laboratory Branch. Respiratory Virology Unit. ; United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice. ; World Health Organization. International Influenza Center for the Americas
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Description:"During July 1968, an outbreak of A2 influenza occurred in Hong Kong, and subsequent laboratory studies on isolates demonstrated that the virus had undergone a major antigenic shift within the A2 classification. During August and September 1968, the Hong Kong strains spread rapidly to Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Iran, Thailand, and India. The first documented introduction of the Hong Kong strains into the United States was in early September. Additional introductions of the virus by international travelers occurred throughout the fall of the year with an occasional small outbreak in a military population. Outbreaks in the civilian population wert' first documented in October, gained momentum in November, were widespread throughout the country in December, peaked at about the first of the year, and fell off in January. In all, 44 states, tile District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported widespread influenza A activity. Three states (Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas) reported regional activity; and three states (Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Hawaii) reported only isolated outbreaks. There was laboratory evidence of activity by the Hong Kong strains in all states except Nevada." - p. [1]
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Content Notes:June 30, 1969.
Produced by the National Communicable Disease Center, Epidemiology Program, Viral Diseases Branch, Respiratory Viral Diseases Unit, Statistics Section, in collaboration with Laboratory Division, Respiratory Virology Unit; World Health Organization International Influenza Center for the Americas, NCDC.
Last page consists of a listing by state of state epidemiologists.
Section VI. Public Health Service Advisory Committee recommendations on influenza vaccine 1969-70 consists of: Recommendation of the Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Influenza (May 1969, reprinted from v. 18, no. 25).
"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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Pages in Document:print; 32, [3] p,: tables, maps ; 28 cm.
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Issue:85
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