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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1441-1442, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation of Influenza C Virus during an Outbreak of Influenza A and B Viruses

Evgenia Greenbaum,1 Avraham Morag,2 and Zichria Zakay-Rones1,*

Virology Department1 and Clinical Virology Unit,2 Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 3 December 1997/Returned for modification 5 January 1998/Accepted 26 January 1998

During the winter of 1996 to 1997 two cases of influenza C were confirmed, one by isolation and the second by serology (fourfold increase in hemagglutination inhibition antibodies). The cases of influenza C occurred during an outbreak of influenza A (H3N2) and B viruses. The positive isolation was from one of three throat washings sent to the laboratory, and the other case was from a group of 51 students participating in a study of influenza virus vaccination. It seems, therefore, that influenza C virus should also be considered when examining patients with respiratory infections during the influenza season.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Virology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O.B. 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. Phone: 972-2-6758554. Fax: 972-2-6784010. E-mail: rones{at}cc.huji.ac.il.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1441-1442, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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