Asian Influenza A in Boston. 1957-1958: I. Observations in Thirty-Two Influenza-Associated Fatal Cases
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In the city of Boston, the pandemic of Asian influenza A was accompanied by an estimated 118 fatalities from influenza and pneumonia in excess of the norm-approximately 38 of them during the first wave in October and November, 1957, 42 in the second wave in March and April, 1958, and the remainder in the intervening months. 1 The present report summarizes the pertinent clinical, pathological, virological, and bacteriological features in 32 influenza-associated deaths in the Boston area, with particular reference to problems of diagnosis and management. Materials and Methods Cases Studied —A total of 43 fatal cases suspected of being infuenza-associated were studied, but only 32 cases are reported here—23 of them from 11 Boston hospitals, 7 from 5 hospitals in suburbs and nearby towns, and 1 each from the Newport (R. I.) and Lawrence General (Mass.) Hospitals.f One fatality (Case 11) occurred in August; twenty-eight, during October and November; one
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Historical and contemporary descriptions of influenza pathology have focused predominantly or exclusively on disease caused by seasonal or pandemic influenza A viruses.
“Historical and contemporary descriptions of influenza pathology have characteristically focused, predominantly or exclusively, on disease caused by seasonal or pandemic influenza A viruses [2,3,[10][11][12][13][14][15].”
From Myocardial Injury and Bacterial Pneumonia Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Fatal Influenza B Virus Infection (2012) · cites this paper as [10]
The time from onset to death observed with fatal influenza B was more rapid than the duration of fatal illness described for pandemic 1918 A(H1N1), pandemic 1957 A(H2N2), pandemic 1968 A(H3N2), pandemic 2009 H1N1, and seasonal A(H3N2) viruses.
“The time from onset to death observed with fatal influenza B was more rapid than the duration of fatal illness described for pandemic 1918 A(H1N1), pandemic 1957 A(H2N2), pandemic 1968 A(H3N2), pandemic 2009 H1N1, and seasonal A(H3N2) viruses [3, 10-13, 4).”
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- Authors
- MARTIN, C. M.
- Corresponding author
- MARTIN, CHRISTOPHER M.
- Venue
- A M A Archives of Internal Medicine
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1959-04-01
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 515
- ISSN
- 0888-2479 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1997595602
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 8.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- A M A Archives of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Respiratory viral infections research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
- Keywords
- Asian influenza, influenza A virus, influenza-associated deaths, pneumonia, Boston, influenza management, virology, bacteriology, pathology
- MeSH terms
- Biometry, Boston, Humans, Influenza, Human
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