%0 Journal Article
%T Caracter¨ªsticas cl¨ªnico-epidemiol¨®gicas de un brote de influenza A en personal militar de Trujillo, Per¨² 2008
%A Ch¨¢vez
%A Edward
%A Laguna-Torres
%A V. Alberto
%A Burga
%A Ana M.
%A Sovero
%A Merly
%A Cruz
%A Rollin
%A P¨¦rez
%A Juan
%A Gamero
%A Mar¨ªa
%A R¨ªos
%A Jane
%A Kochel
%A Tadeusz
%J Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud P¨²blica
%D 2010
%I Instituto Nacional de Salud
%R 10.1590/S1726-46342010000300010
%X we describe an acute febrile respiratory infection outbreak in a military unit in trujillo, peru. cases were identified using the influenza like illness (ili) definition of the ministry of health. nasal swab samples used for a rapid influenza test (rit) and pharyngeal swab samples for viral isolation were taken. for influenza a, genotyping of a partial sequence of the hemagglutinin region was performed. the rate attack was 82.9%. fifty-nine cases appeared between april 1 and 8, 2008; 58 came from the military unit (mu) #1 and one from the mu #2. the rit identified 40 cases of influenza a and 43 cases were confirmed through cell culture. isolations were genetically similar to the a h1n1 brisbane strain. early detection of outbreaks in confined locations such as military bases permits immediate action in preventing disease propagation.
%K influenza
%K human
%K disease outbreaks
%K military personnel
%K peru.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1726-46342010000300010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en