Isolation of Influenza Virus from Patients with Respiratory Disease in Pusan in 1997

1997년도 부산지역 호흡기환자로부터 인플로엔자 바이러스의 분리

This study was done to detect the causative agent of patient with respiratory disease in Pusan, 1997. Male and female patients with respiratory disease in Pusan, 1997, were 31.9% and 68.1 ％, respectively. In the aspect of out-break by month, patients with respiratory disease were mostly concentrated at February, March, April, October, November and December. Fifteen strains of influenza virus were isolated from 1,268 swabbed samples of throat, and thirteen strains and 2 strains among 15 isolates were classified with influenza A and B virus, respectively. One of 13 influenza A virus was confirmed as A/Johannesburg/33/94- like strain, and the other isolates of influenza A virus were confirmed as A/sydney/05/97-like strains. Two isolates of influenza B virus were confirmed as B/Bei-jing/08/93-like strains.