An outbreak of influenza in Jamaica (1986)
West Indian med. j
;
38(3): 133-6, Sept. 1989.
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-81190
ABSTRACT
An outbreak of febrile illness at the Police Training Academy in St. Catherine, Jamaica in October, 1986 is described. Influenza A similar to type A/Taiwan/ 86 (H1N1) was confirmed serologically in 33 cases, and Influenza B similar to typeB/Ann Arbor/86 in 1 case. Clinical findings included upper respiratory symptoms (97%) headache (74%), fever (68%), joint pains (39%) and retro-orbital pain (26%). The role of vaccination and chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of influenza is discussed, and the importance of surveillance is and chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of influenza is discussed, and the importance of surveillance is stressed
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Disease Outbreaks
/
Influenza, Human
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
English Caribbean
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Jamaica
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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