[The epidemic spread of the influenza A and B viruses in the USSR in 1985-1986].
The data on the spread of influenza A and B in the autumn and winter of 1985-1986 are given. Three epidemics caused by all presently circulating viruses, B, A (H3N2) and A (H1N1), were registered in the USSR. Of these, the greatest one was the epidemic of influenza B; morbidity rate among the adult population during this epidemic was at the level with the morbidity rate characteristic of the epidemics registered at the period of 1962-1972, and morbidity rate among children, especially school children, was even higher.
Luk'ianov
Iu V
IuV
Ivannikov
Iu G
IuG
Kirillov
A A
AA
Zhukov
A O
AO
Parsagashvili
E Z
EZ
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population
Epidemicheskoe rasprostranenie virusov A i B v SSSR v 1985-1986 gg.