Presumptive summer influenza A: an outbreak on a trans-Tasman cruise.
A number of recent reports from the Northern Hemisphere have drawn attention to the occurrence of summer outbreaks (May to August) of influenza A among cruise ship passengers and their contacts. In cases amongst passengers returning to Canada from Alaska, exposure appears to have occurred during the land-based Alaskan tour with illness developing during the subsequent cruise. A late summer outbreak of influenza A among passengers and crew on the return leg of a 14-day Sydney-New Zealand-Sydney cruise is reported in this article.
Ferson
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South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, Zetland, New South Wales.
Paraskevopoulos
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Hatzi
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Yankos
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Fennell
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Condylios
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D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012621:Seasons; D012767:Ships; D014195:Travel