INFLUENZA AND OTHER ACUTE RESPIRATORY-DISEASES IN CZECH-SOCIALIST-REPUBLIC, 1969-1974

Abstract

Since 1969, the incidence of acute respiratory diseases (ARD) in the Czech Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia was monitored by a special program based on reports from 85 district epidemiological centers. The incidence of ARD in 3 age groups, together with the incidence of complications and death rates, are presented for each season during 1969-1974. The significance of epidemiological observations and laboratory investigations relating to influenza and other ARD agents, such as parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, RS [respiratory syncytial] virus, coronaviruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, is discussed.