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Epidemic respiratory infection in a rural population with special reference to the influenza A epidemics of 1933, 1936–7 and 1943–4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. N. Pickles ,
F. M. Burnet  and
Norma McArthur
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A statistical study has been made of the records of respiratory infection in a portion of Wensleydale, Yorkshire, over the period 1933–46, which included three major English influenza A epidemics and one B epidemic.

Each of these epidemics is recognizable in the Yorkshire records. When the incidence in the eight groups of villages comprising the district is compared there is a significant negative correlation between incidence in 1933 and 1936–7, which is taken as indicating the persistence of group immunity following an influenza A epidemic for 4 years.

There was a significant positive correlation between the incidence of the 1943–4 (A) and 1945–6 (B) epidemics.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , December 1947 , pp. 469 - 473
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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