Epidemics of haemorrhagic cystitis due to influenza A virus.
The present communication describes studies on thirty-three patients with haemorrhagic cystitis. The current epidemic variant of influenza type A virus, A/Tehran/5/75 (H3N2) [antigenically similar to A/Port Chalmers/1/73 (H3N2)], was recovered from the throats of eighteen and the urine of three patients. HI antibody rises to A/Tehran/5/75 virus were detected in over 50% of the cystitis patients tested.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003556:Cystitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male