INFLUENZA-VIRUS INFECTIONS IN SEATTLE FAMILIES, 1975-1979 .1. STUDY DESIGN, METHODS AND THE OCCURRENCE OF INFECTIONS BY TIME AND AGE
INFLUENZA-VIRUS INFECTIONS IN SEATTLE FAMILIES, 1975-1979 .1. STUDY DESIGN, METHODS AND THE OCCURRENCE OF INFECTIONS BY TIME AND AGE
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113407
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
FOY, HM
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作者:
FOX, JP;HALL, CE;FOY, HM
Intensive surveillance of Seattle, Washington families with school-age children for influenzavirus infections during 1975-1979 encompassed 639 family- and 2732 person-seasons of observation, covering 4 influenza virus epidemic seasons: type B (1975-1976), type A/H3N2 (1975-1976 and 1977-1978) and type A/H1N1 (1978-1979). Late spring herald waves of infection occurred in 1977 (A/H3N2, 1978 (A/H1N1) and 1979 (type B), the latter presaging an epidemic in 1979-1980. Out-of-season infections, recognized by serology only, included type B and A/H3N2 viruses in each summer and A/H1N1 virus in 1978. In epidemic seasons, infection rates were highest in children aged 5-9 yr (A/H3N2) or in teenagers (A/H1N1 and type B). A/H1N1 virus caused the sharpest epidemic, with 31% of the population (but only 2% of adults) infected and 72% of households invaded in 1978-1979. These compare with infection rates of 17-24% overall and 6-13% of adults and the invasion of 38-53% of households observed in the type B and 2 A/H3N2 epidemics. Extended observation (largely serologic) of a cohort of 1965-1969 Virus Watch families for up to 14 yr (including 1 3-yr gap) indicated overall infection rates of 13.7 and 16.4/100 person-years with types B and A/H3N2 viruses, respectively, and rates of 1st and 2nd reinfections and .apprx. 3 and 1/100 person-years, respectively, with each virus. Close surveillance in 1975-1979 revealed 2nd family episodes of infection with each prevalent virus, 37 with A/H3N2, 15 with type B and 13 with A/H1N1 virus. Risk of infection in these episodes was related more to current hemagglutination-inhibiting titers than to experience (infected or not) in the initial episodes, with 67-100% reinfection when titers were low. Among younger (< 20 yr old) members, related illness was as frequent with reinfection as with initial infection.