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  • Title: Influenza in Melbourne, 1982. Epidemiology and virology.
    Author: Kennett ML, Downie J, White J, Ward BK, Mutton KJ, Irving LG, Birch CJ, Rodger SM.
    Journal: Med J Aust; 1984 Jul 21; 141(2):89-92. PubMed ID: 6377029.
    Abstract:
    The major features of the outbreaks of influenza A and B, which occurred in Melbourne during the winter of 1982, are described. Diagnoses of influenza A or influenza B were established in 310 patients by virus isolation, immunofluorescence, and serological tests. Immunofluorescence was found to be a valuable, rapid, but considerably less sensitive, test than virus isolation, and serodiagnosis was the test of choice either when patients did not present or when specimens were not collected until late in the illness. The results of haemagglutination-inhibition tests performed with a panel of monoclonal antibodies suggest that at least two recognizably different strains of influenza A and influenza B were circulating in the community.
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