Influenza A(H3N2) Virus Isolations -- United States
Type A(H3N2) influenza virus, isolated in Alaska earlier this
season (1), has now been isolated from a woman in New York City, an
infant in Oregon, and a 4-year-old child who became ill after
returning to Virginia from Hawaii. The woman, a 26-year-old
resident
of New York City, had onset of influenza on November 17. She had
not
recently traveled outside the metropolitan area. The male infant,
who
lived in Corvallis, Oregon, had onset on November 2 of an illness
initially suspected to be caused by enteroviral infection. The
4-year-old had returned to Virginia with his family on October 19,
after a 7-day vacation to Honolulu, and developed high fever,
cough,
and malaise on October 20. His illness worsened, and he was
lethargic
when admitted to a District of Columbia hospital on October 22.
The
child improved rapidly and was discharged on October 26. On
October
18, just before departing from Hawaii, the child's mother had onset
of
influenze-like illness, and a younger sister had an influenza-like
illness concurrent with her brother, but specimens for virus
isolation
were not collected from either.
Public health officials representing the jurisdictions where
these
three cases occurred have not reported indications of increased
influenza-like illnesses.
Reported by M Helfaer, MD, H Kim, MD, Children's Hospital, M Levy,
MD,
State Epidemiologist, District of Columbia Dept of Human Svcs; A
Valdes Dapena, MD, Bethesda Naval Hospital; T Sayvetz, MD, G
Miller,
Jr, MD, State Epidemiologist, Virginia State Dept of Health; M
Bomgaars, MD, Acting State Epidemiologist, Hawaii State Dept of
Health; J Middaugh, MD, State Epidemiologist, Alaska State Dept of
Health and Social Svcs; I Spigland, MD, Montefiore Hospital, S
Friedman, MD, New York City Dept of Health; W Murphey, PhD, J
Googins,
MD, State Epidemiologist, Oregon Dept of Human Resources; Influenza
Br, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
Reference
CDC. Influenza--Alaska. MMWR 1982;31:588.
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