Influenza Outbreaks at Two Correctional Facilities — Maine, March 2011

On March 8, 2011, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) received a laboratory report of a positive influenza specimen from an intensive-care unit patient who was an inmate at a prison (facility A). That same day, the state medical examiner notified Maine CDC of an inmate de...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2012-04, Vol.61 (13), p.229-232
Main Authors: Robinson, Sara, Smith, Peter, Sears, Stephen D, Shubert, Joseph, Reed, Carrie, Manning, Susan E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antivirals
Correctional institutions
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
Fatal Outcome
Government services
Humans
Infectious diseases
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines - administration & dosage
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Influenza, Human - prevention & control
Interprofessional Relations
Maine - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Prevention
Prisoners
Prisons
Prisons - statistics & numerical data
Public Health
Vaccination
Young Adult
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Summary:On March 8, 2011, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) received a laboratory report of a positive influenza specimen from an intensive-care unit patient who was an inmate at a prison (facility A). That same day, the state medical examiner notified Maine CDC of an inmate death suspected to be have been caused by influenza at another, nearby prison (facility B). On March 9, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), which provides health services to both facilities, notified Maine CDC that additional inmates and staff members from both facilities were ill with influenza-like illness (ILI). CMS reported that influenza vaccination coverage among inmates was very low (
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X