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The 1976 Influenza Epidemic in Melbourne
Author(s) -
Donaldson A.,
Lewis F. A.,
Kennett M. L.,
White J.,
Gust I. D.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131337.x
Subject(s) - throat , virus isolation , isolation (microbiology) , nose , virology , medicine , covid-19 , virus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Some aspects of the 1976 influenza epidemic are described and compared with findings in previous years. Rapid diagnostic techniques gave encouraging results, but were less sensitive than conventional techniques. A higher rate of virus isolation was obtained from nasopharyngeal aspirates than from pooled nose and throat swabs.