Three type A(H3N2) virus isolates associated with sporadic
cases
of influenza have been reported from the U.S. Air Force School of
Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, Texas. These isolates were
collected on March 3 from an enlisted servicewoman at Eglin Air
Force
Base in Florida and on March 8 and 9 from 2 young children with
influenza at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas. North Carolina has
reported its first influenza virus isolates for the season, both
type
B, collected during the second week of March from 2 children. At
the
time of the isolations, increased school absenteeism associated
with
influenza-like illness was noted in western North Carolina by
health
authorites. The first type A(H1N1) isolates reported from Michigan
this season were obtained in early March from 2 adults with
sporadic
influenza cases.
Reported by Epidemiology Division, U.S. Air Force School of
Aerospace
Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, C Webb, Jr, MD, State
Epidemiologist, Texas State Dept of Health; R Gunn, MD, State
Epidemiologist, Florida State Dept of Health and Rehabilitative
Svcs;
S Neshiem, MD, P Boland, MD, Murphy, K Kleeman, PhD, M Hines, DVM,
State Epidemiologist, North Carolina State Dept of Human Resources;
A
Monto, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, G Anderson, DVM, W
Hall,
MD, N Hayner, MD, State Epidemiologist, Michigan Dept of Public
Health; Field Svcs Div, Epidemiology Program Office, Influenza Br,
Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
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