| leads from the mmwr. outbreak of influenza-like illness in a tour group--alaska. | | 1987 | 3669235 |
| update: outbreak of influenza a infection--alaska and the yukon territory, july-august 1998. | on july 26, 1998, cdc and health canada, in cooperation with local public health authorities, began investigating reports of febrile respiratory illnesses and associated pneumonia among summer land and sea travelers to alaska and the yukon territory (1). epidemiologic and laboratory evidence has implicated influenza a virus as the etiologic agent of the outbreak. from june 11 through august 22, completed viral cultures of 101 (48%) of 209 nasopharyngeal specimens have yielded 26 influenza a isol ... | 1998 | 9733414 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. outbreak of influenza a infection among travelers--alaska and the yukon territory, may-june 1999. | | 1999 | 10432018 |
| large summertime influenza a outbreak among tourists in alaska and the yukon territory. | we investigated a large summertime outbreak of acute respiratory illness during may-september 1998 in alaska and the yukon territory, canada. surveillance for acute respiratory illness (ari), influenza-like illness (ili), and pneumonia conducted at 31 hospital, clinic, and cruise ship infirmary sites identified 5361 cases of ari (including 2864 cases of ili [53%] and 171 cases of pneumonia [3.2%]) occurring primarily in tourists and tourism workers (from 18 and 37 countries, respectively). influ ... | 2003 | 12715302 |
| library of influenza virus strains for vaccine and diagnostic use against highly pathogenic avian influenza and human pandemics. | to prepare for the emergence of pandemic influenza in birds and mammals including humans, we have carried out global surveillance of avian influenza. influenza a viruses of 48 combinations of 15 ha and 9 na subtypes out of 135 theoretical combinations have been isolated from faecal samples of ducks in alaska, siberia, mongolia, taiwan, china and japan. so far, viruses of 73 other combinations have been generated by genetic reassortment in chicken embryos. thus, avian influenza viruses of 121 com ... | 2006 | 16447496 |
| viral respiratory infections in hospitalized and community control children in alaska. | respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) in alaska native children from the yukon kuskokwim (yk) delta is associated with a hospitalization rate five times higher than that reported for the general us child population. the role of other viral respiratory pathogens has not been studied in this population. yk delta children <3 years of age hospitalized with respiratory infections and same aged community control children were prospectively enrolled between october 2005 and september 2007. polymerase chain ... | 2010 | 20513097 |
| 2009 pandemic influenza a h1n1 in alaska: temporal and geographic characteristics of spread and increased risk of hospitalization among alaska native and asian/pacific islander people. | alaska native people have suffered disproportionately from previous influenza pandemics. we evaluated 3 separate syndromic data sources to determine temporal and geographic patterns of spread of 2009 pandemic influenza a h1n1 (ph1n1) in alaska, and reviewed records from persons hospitalized with ph1n1 disease in 3 areas in alaska to characterize clinical and epidemiologic features of disease in alaskans. a wave of ph1n1 disease swept through alaska beginning in most areas in august or early sept ... | 2011 | 21342894 |
| risk factors for 2009 pandemic influenza a (h1n1)-related hospitalization and death among racial/ethnic groups in new mexico. | objectives. we assessed risk factors for 2009 pandemic influenza a (h1n1)-related hospitalization, mechanical ventilation, and death among new mexico residents. methods. we calculated population rate ratios using poisson regression to analyze risk factors for h1n1-related hospitalization. we performed a cross-sectional analysis of hospitalizations during september 14, 2009 through january 13, 2010, using logistic regression to assess risk factors for mechanical ventilation and death among those ... | 2011 | 21778495 |