Influenza viruses have recently been isolated from sporadic
cases
identified in California, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin. Type
A(H3N2) influenza was isolated from a 38-year-old-man and his
14-year-old daughter in San Diego, California; from 7- and
2-year-old
children on Long Island, New York; and from an 8-year-old girl and
a
24-year-old college student in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Type A(H1N1)
influenza virus was isolated from a schoolchild in Houston, Texas.
All became ill during the last half of November or December. None
had
a history of recent travel. Previously this season, type A(H3N2)
and
type B isolates had been identified in Nevada and Texas (1,2). No
laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreaks have been documented in
the
United States this season.
Reported by L Sheppard, S Turner, PhD, M Thompson, DrPh, San Diego
County Health Dept, San Diego, California Dept of Health Svcs; L
Krilov, MD, Long Island Jewish Hospital, P Swenson, PhD, North
Shore
University Hospital, Long Island, New York; WP Glezen, MD, School
of
Medicine, Baylor University, Houston, Texas; H Dobbs, MD, Marquette
University, G Sedmak, PhD, City of Milwaukee Health Laboratory,
Wisconsin; State Epidemiologists and Laboratory Directors;
Influenza
Br, Div of Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
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