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Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings
Influenza may rapidly disseminate within populations living in confined settings, causing considerable morbidity and disrupting daily activities. We describe an influenza A outbreak on a military base where 3,000 young adults, most of whom were unvaccinated, lived in close daily contact. Visits to t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15829197 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1104.040845 |
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author | Balicer, Ran D. Huerta, Michael Levy, Yuval Davidovitch, Nadav Grotto, Itamar |
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description | Influenza may rapidly disseminate within populations living in confined settings, causing considerable morbidity and disrupting daily activities. We describe an influenza A outbreak on a military base where 3,000 young adults, most of whom were unvaccinated, lived in close daily contact. Visits to the base clinic by 48 persons with acute respiratory illness within 2 days allowed early identification of this outbreak and prompted immediate epidemiologic investigation. Overall, 85 personnel (2.83% of base population) met the case definition for influenzalike illness. On-site laboratory confirmation with field detection kits, rapid implementation of respiratory illness control protocols, and a mass vaccination campaign were applied to limit disease dissemination. The outbreak was halted 14 days after the mass vaccination campaign was completed. We review the control measures available for controlling influenza outbreaks in confined settings and discuss the role of rapid mass vaccination within this context. |
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spelling | pubmed-33203352012-04-20 Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings Balicer, Ran D. Huerta, Michael Levy, Yuval Davidovitch, Nadav Grotto, Itamar Emerg Infect Dis Research Influenza may rapidly disseminate within populations living in confined settings, causing considerable morbidity and disrupting daily activities. We describe an influenza A outbreak on a military base where 3,000 young adults, most of whom were unvaccinated, lived in close daily contact. Visits to the base clinic by 48 persons with acute respiratory illness within 2 days allowed early identification of this outbreak and prompted immediate epidemiologic investigation. Overall, 85 personnel (2.83% of base population) met the case definition for influenzalike illness. On-site laboratory confirmation with field detection kits, rapid implementation of respiratory illness control protocols, and a mass vaccination campaign were applied to limit disease dissemination. The outbreak was halted 14 days after the mass vaccination campaign was completed. We review the control measures available for controlling influenza outbreaks in confined settings and discuss the role of rapid mass vaccination within this context. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3320335/ /pubmed/15829197 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1104.040845 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Balicer, Ran D. Huerta, Michael Levy, Yuval Davidovitch, Nadav Grotto, Itamar Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings |
title | Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings |
title_full | Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings |
title_fullStr | Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings |
title_full_unstemmed | Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings |
title_short | Influenza Outbreak Control in Confined Settings |
title_sort | influenza outbreak control in confined settings |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15829197 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1104.040845 |
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