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Antigenic and molecular analysis of influenza A (H3N2) virus strains isolated from a localised influenza outbreak in South Africa in 2003

✍ Scribed by Terry G. Besselaar; Lizelle Botha; Jo M. McAnerney; Barry D. Schoub

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 105 KB
Volume: 73
Category: Article
ISSN: 0146-6615
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20063

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Abstract

A severe acute institutional influenza outbreak occurred in a police residential college in Pretoria amongst new recruits and staff members at the end of May 2003. The outbreak was characterised by marked illness which affected a total of 648 students, 26 of whom were admitted to hospital. Symptoms included pyrexia, severe headache, and myalgia. The attack rate per dormitory building ranged from 20 to 47%, with an overall attack rate of 34%. Throat swabs and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens were sent to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) from 20 patients. All were positive for influenza A by multiplex PCR and/or indirect immunofluorescence, and were further identified as subtype H3N2. Additional specimens from sporadic influenza cases in Johannesburg and surrounding areas were collected through the NICD active viral surveillance programme for respiratory viral testing and were also positive for influenza A H3N2 viruses. Viruses isolated from patients from both the institutional outbreak as well as from sporadic cases were analysed both antigenically and at the molecular level to determine the characteristics of the influenza strain responsible for the epidemic. The results showed clearly that the outbreak was caused by the introduction in 2003 into South Africa of the novel A/Fujian/411/02‐like H3N2 influenza strain, which is antigenically distinct from the A/Panama/2007/99 vaccine strain. The rapid spread of these variant viruses to the southern hemisphere indicates that the H3N2 component of the influenza vaccine needs to be updated for the 2004 southern hemisphere winter. J. Med. Virol. 73:71–78, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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