Epidemiologic features of influenza in a large urban centre (B.) in Romania, in 1987
Măgureanu, E.; Busuioc, C.; Ionescu, V.; Guguianu, E.; Stoicescu, A.; Murgoci, R.; Dobrescu, A.; Cristescu, D.; Morea, M.
Virologie 39(3): 173-183
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-181X PMID: 3195054 Document Number: 309171
The study presents the peculiarities of influenza evolution in 1987 in a large town in Romania. These features were defined by a complex methodology, based on clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory investigations, used in the active control of the epidemiologic process kinetics. The influenza viruses type A (H1N1 and H3N2) had a major role in the infecting and immunizing contacts in all age groups whereas the influenza virus type B had a reduced circulation. The epidemiologic influenza impact in 1987 is discussed from the point of view of the complex relationships between the antigenic structure of circulating influenza viruses and the antiinfluenza immune profile of the population under the influence of extremely complex economic, social and natural factors.