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A Commentary

FLOYD W. DENNY, MD; W. PAUL GLEZEN, MD; DAVID KARZON, MD; SAMUEL L. KATZ, MD; SAUL KRUGMAN, MD; KENNETH McINTOSH, MD; ROBERT H. PARROTT, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1976;130(6):583.

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Recent developments in the field of influenza viral infections have received abundant press coverage during the past few months. From five Army recruits at Fort Dix, NJ, ill with acute respiratory disease in February, a strain of virus has been recovered that is indistinguishable serologically from that which is thought to have caused the pandemic of 1918-1919. Human-to-human spread of the virus among recruit personnel and among some of their family members has been confirmed subsequently by serologic techniques. This strain of influenza virus is very similar to that which normally causes respiratory illness among hogs. It is designated, therefore, a "swine-like influenza virus." Because of the unusually severe nature of the epidemic of 1918-1919, and because of the large number of questions generated by the events of the past few months, the following data are presented as a status report of information available at this time.

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Author Affiliations
Committee on Infectious Diseases American Academy of Pediatrics Evanston, IL 60201

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