Article
[Analysis of the influenza situation in the USSR and the GDR in nonepidemic (1978-1979) and epidemic (1979-1980) seasons].
Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000
Iakhno M A, Molibog E V, Antonova I V, Scharfenhort H, Gericke E
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of comparative surveillance on influenza carried out in the USSR and the GDR is presented. It was shown that both in the nonepidemic and epidemic seasons the incidence of influenza in the USSR increased considerably earlier than in the GDR. In the nonepidemic season of 1978-1979, strains of different antigenic structure were in circulation in the USSR and the GDR, whereas the epidemic of 1979-1980 was...
Topics
- Antigens, Viral
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genetic Variation
- Germany, East
- Hemagglutinins, Viral
- Humans
- Influenza A virus
- Influenza, Human
- Seasons
- USSR
