Ten states reported widespread outbreaks of influenza-like
illness, and 16 states reported regional outbreaks for the week
ending
February 2, 1985 (Figure 1). This was an increase in the number of
states reporting widespread outbreaks from one state for the week
ending January 19 and seven for the week ending January 26 (1).
The most recent states to report their first isolates of
influenza
type A(H3N2) virus for the season were Nebraska and Rhode Island.
States reporting type A(H3N2) this season are Alabama, Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
During the last week of January, isolates of influenza type B
virus from sporadic cases were reported for the first time this
season
from New York and South Dakota. Four other states (Hawaii, New
Jersey, Ohio, and Texas) have reported type B viruses this season.
Reported by V Pallidino, MD, S Litson, PhD, K Szabo, MD, Nassau
County
Medical Center, Long Island, New York; P Dennehy, MD, Providence
Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; State and Territorial
Epidemiologists; State Laboratory Directors; Other collaborating
laboratories; Statistical Svcs Br, Div of Surveillance and
Epidemiologic Studies, Epidemiology Program Office, Influenza Br,
Div
of Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
Reference
CDC. Update: influenza activity--United States. MMWR
1985;34:62-3.
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