A summer outbreak of influenza A virus infection among young children.
In the summer of 2003 in Jerusalem, Israel, 23 children were hospitalized with influenza A virus (A/Fujian/411/02-like virus) infection. The majority were neonates and infants. Clinical manifestations included neonatal fever, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia, and outcomes were favorable. Continued surveillance between epidemic seasons could allow early recognition of influenza strains that will appear in the following influenza season.
Wolf
Dana G
DG
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah University Hospital and Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. wolfd@md.huji.ac.il
Rekhtman
David
D
Kerem
Eitan
E
Hay
Alan
A
Mador
Nurith
N
Greenbaum
Evgenia
E
Dorozhko
Marina
M
Gregory
Victoria
V
Lin
Yi Pu
YP
Zakay-Rones
Zichria
Z
D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology