Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1967; Volume 37, Number 5, Year 1967, Pages 787-793: Electrocardiographic Findings in Cholera El Tor Patients

By Osamu Kitamoto

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1967; Volume 37, Number 5, Year 1967, Pages 787-793: Electrocardiographic Findings in Cholera El Tor Patients
Author:	Osamu Kitamoto
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The antigenic versatility of the influenza A viruses is well known. The latest variant-the Hong Kong strain of virus A2, first recognized in 1968-has now replaced earlier strains of the subtype. The International Conference on Hong Kong Influenza, sponsored jointly by Emory University, by the National Communicable Disease Center of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and by the World Health Organization, was called partly to record what had been learned of the epidemiological behaviour of the variant and of its properties. These subjects are dealt with in the first two sessions. One of the main results that emerges clearly from the exchange of views is that, although a great deal has been learned about influenza in the past 40 years, the virus is as capable of springing surprises now as at any time since its isolation. The Hong Kong strain is no exception. It did not spread as explosively in 1968-69 as the absence of antibody in most populations would have led one to expect. When it did cause epidemics, the infection was clinically mild in all countries of both the northern and southern hemispheres except the United States of America; there, the number of excess deaths attributed to influenza was almost as great as in the 1957-58 pandemic of Asian influenza. No explanation of this difference in severity in one country was offered at the Conference. The later sessions deal with vaccination, chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis. The early results of the use of inactivated vaccines indicated that, despite great improvements in production techniques, the level of protection was certainly no higher than that reported with vaccines prepared against earlier strains of virus A. Much interest was shown in the results of the use of live vaccines on a large scale in the USSR and in the laboratory and small-scale field investigations on the characteristics of strains suitable for vaccine production in other countries.

Table of Contents
Contents Table des mati2res Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 SESSION I-EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HONG KONG INFLUENZA Origin and progress of the 196849 Hong Kong influenza epidemic-W. Charles Cockburn, P. J. Delon & W. Ferreiru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . National influenza experience in Hong Kong, 1968-W. K. Chang . . . . . . . . Summary report on Hong Kong influenza in Japan-Hideo Fukumi . . . . . . . . National influenza experience in the USA, 196869-Robert G. Shnrrar . , . . . . Hong Kong influenza in Czechoslovakia, 1969: a preliminary surveillance report- D. Fedovri, At. Dro.fnar, P. Strmd, J. Vobeckj, J. Jelinek, E. Svandovd, M. Sumpalik & L. Syrrifek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . National experience with Hong Kong influenza in the United Kingdom, 196849- A. T. Roden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hong Kong ~nfluenzav irus epidemic in the USSR-V. M. 2danov &I. V. Anlonova Experience with Hong Kong influenza in tropical areas-E. L. Buescher, T. J. Smith & I. H. Zachary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A critical evaluation of influenza surve~llance-Alexander D. Langmuir & Jere Housworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discu,~sionp apers-Session I InRuenza in Melbourne, Australia, 1969-A. A. Ferris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Hong Kong inRuenza in Madras State, India, 1968-N. Veeraraghavnn . . . . . . . . . . 399 The 1968 influenza outbreak in Tha11and-CI~nninfhorn Stivonsse . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Epidemiological data on Hong Kong influenza in France-R. Sohier & M. Henry . . . . . 402 Experience with AZIHong Kong influenza ~nfections in US military personnel-Robert 0. Peckinpaugh, &fax 3. Rosenbourn & Earl A. Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 General discussion-Session I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407