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Influenza surveillance 1972–75

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

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The surveillance programme described in an earlier report was used to monitor outbreaks of influenza in three successive winters. Influenza virus A was active in all of them, but the only major outbreak of influenza B was in 1973–4. The highest incidence of influenza A was in the 0–4 age group in all three winters, but schoolchildren bore the brunt of infections by influenza virus B.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 223 - 233
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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