Update: Respiratory Virus Surveillance -- United States, 1984
Reports of noninfluenza respiratory virus identifications from
certain state and university laboratories received by CDC through
April
16, 1984, show that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
identification
rates have steadily declined throughout the United States, with the
exception of the Pacific region. The rate of RSV identification in
that region continued at a low but constant level through March
(Table
6). Identification rates peaked in December in the South Atlantic
and
East South Central regions; in January in the West North Central,
West
South Central, and East North Central regions; and in February in
the
New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Mountain regions. Identification of
RSV
was highest for the entire United States in February. New England
reported the largest number of RSV identifications for March and
April;
128 (27.2%) of 470 specimens tested were positive for RSV.
Reported by LL Minnich, MS, CG Ray, MD, Arizona Health Science
Center,
Tucson; B Lauer, MD, M Levin, MD, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center, Denver; C Brandt, PhD, HW Kim, MD, Children's
Hospital
National Medical Center, District of Columbia; L Pierik, K
McIntosh,
MD, The Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; T O'Leary, TC
Shope, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor; HH
Balfour, MD, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis; C
Reed, GA
Storch, MD, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri; ME Kumar, MD,
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Ohio; P Swenson, PhD,
North
Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, CB Hall, MD, University of
Rochester Medical Center, New York; H Friedman, MD, S Plotkin, MD,
The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; DM Bell, MD,
Lebonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, M Kervina, MS, E
Sannella, MS, PF Wright, MD, Vanderbilt University School of
Medicine,
Nashville, Tennessee; L Corey, MD, Children's Orthopedic Hospital,
Seattle, Washington; Respective State Virus Laboratory Directors;
Div
of Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
Editorial Note
Editorial Note: RSV outbreaks are known to vary from year to year
in
their time of onset, peak occurrence, and duration. From this
year's
surveillance data, the characteristics of RSV outbreaks varied
among
the regions. Additional data are needed to clearly define the
temporal
and geographic patterns of RSV outbreaks in the United States.
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