Influenza B virus outbreak at a religious residential school for boys in Northern Bangladesh, 2011.

Haque, Farhana; Sturm-Ramirez, Katharine; Homaira, Nusrat; Gurley, Emily Suzane; Hossain, Md Jahangir; Hasan, SM Murshid; Chowdhury, Sukanta; Sarkar, Shamim; Khan, Abdul Khaleque Md Dawlat; Rahman, Mustafizur; +2 more... Rahman, Mahmudur; Luby, Stephen P; (2017) Influenza B virus outbreak at a religious residential school for boys in Northern Bangladesh, 2011. Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 11 (2). pp. 165-169. ISSN 1750-2640 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12430

Abstract

BACKGROUND: National media reported a febrile illness among dormitory residents of a boys' religious school. We investigated the outbreak to identify cause. METHODS: Individuals with fever (>100°F) and cough or sore throat between 1 and 13 August 2011 were influenza-like-illness (ILI) case-patients. We collected histories and specimens from hospitalized case-patients and visited campus to explore environmental context. RESULTS: All 28 case-patients were dormitory residents including 27 hospitalizations. Accommodation space per resident was <0.8 square metres. Nasal and oropharyngeal swabs from 22 case-patients were positive for influenza B virus using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). CONCLUSIONS: Overcrowding likely facilitated transmission leading to this dormitory outbreak.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics (2023-) MRC Gambia > GM-Gambia Clinical Services/Comms
PubMed ID	27603154
Elements ID	196004
Official URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12430