Young L C, Dwyer D E, Harris M, Guse Z, Noel V, Levy M H
Justice Health, NS W Health, Matraville, NS W, Australia.
Epidemiol Infect. 2005 Feb;133(1):107-12. doi: 10.1017/s0950268804003243.
An outbreak of influenza A occurred in a prison system in New South Wales, Australia in January 2003 during the southern hemisphere summer. This report documents only the third confirmed outbreak of influenza in a prison environment. The outbreak investigation included case ascertainment, state-wide surveillance, a case-control study and interventions to limit the outbreak such as infection control, quarantine, cohorting of cases, and the use of antiviral medication for prophylaxis. A total of 37 clinical cases were identified. Influenza A virus was detected in 11 of the 22 respiratory tract specimens collected. The virus was typed as an influenza A/Fujian/411/2002 (H3N2)-like virus. This strain subsequently became the predominant virus strain during the northern hemisphere winter and the following 2003 Australian southern hemisphere winter influenza season.
2003年1月，在澳大利亚新南威尔士州的一个监狱系统爆发了甲型流感，当时正值南半球夏季。本报告记录的是监狱环境中仅有的第三次确诊流感疫情。疫情调查包括病例确定、全州范围的监测、一项病例对照研究以及为限制疫情所采取的干预措施，如感染控制、检疫、病例分组以及使用抗病毒药物进行预防。共确认了37例临床病例。在采集的22份呼吸道标本中，有11份检测出甲型流感病毒。该病毒被鉴定为甲型/福建/411/2002（H3N2）-样病毒。该毒株随后成为北半球冬季以及接下来的2003年澳大利亚南半球冬季流感季节的主要病毒株。
