Avian Influenza

CDC's Influenza A H5N1 Hong Kong Field Investigation Wraps Up

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 9th, 1998

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientists working with the Hong Kong Department of Health (HKDH) have concluded nearly two months of field data collection as part of the World Health Organization's investigation of the influenza A (H5N1) avian virus.

The last members of the CDC team returned to the United States during the week of January 26, 1998, to begin in-depth data analysis. CDC expects to provide results from the multiple studies to the HKDH in February. The HKDH and CDC had hoped to release some preliminary findings before the CDC field team's end-of-January departure from Hong Kong. However, the volume and scope of laboratory work at...

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