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Reintroduction of Influenza A to a Nursing Building

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul J. Drinka ,
Stefan Gravenstein ,
Peggy Krause ,
Lori Nest ,
Margaret Dissing  and
Peter Shult
Paul J. Drinka*
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Stefan Gravenstein
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
Peggy Krause
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Lori Nest
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Margaret Dissing
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Peter Shult
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases Division, State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, Wisconsin
*
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, WI54946-0620
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Abstract

We report an outbreak of influenza A from a four-building veterans' facility in King, Wisconsin. Influenza was isolated in 154 of 721 residents over a 121-day period. Building A had 2 cases, no isolates for 40 days, followed by 27 cases. Building B had 25 cases, no isolates for 75 days, followed by 4 cases. Building C had 23 cases, no isolates for 14 days, followed by 17 cases. Influenza A may be reintroduced to a nursing building. Surveillance with contingency plans for restarting of prophylaxis must continue for the duration of influenza in the community.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 11 , November 2000 , pp. 732 - 735
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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