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Volume 12, Number 1—January 2006
Dispatch

Influenza, Winter Olympiad, 2002

Adi V. Gundlapalli*Comments to Author , Michael A. Rubin*, Matthew H. Samore*†, Bert Lopansri*, Timothy Lahey*, Heather L. McGuire*, Kevin L. Winthrop‡, James J. Dunn§, Stuart E. Willick*, Randal L. Vosters¶, Joseph F. Waeckerle#, Karen C. Carroll*§, Jack M. Gwaltney**, Frederick G. Hayden**, Mark R. Elstad*†, and Merle A. Sande*
Author affiliations: *University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; †Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §ARUP Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; ¶Lakeshore Medical Clinic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; #Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; **University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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Table 1

Patients screened for influenza, 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

Characteristic Olympics, n (%) Paralympics, n (%)
No. patients screened 156 32
No. countries represented 45 9
Age, y, mean (range) 34 (18–67) 37 (20–65)
Sex, male 98 (63) 15 (47)
History of influenza vaccination before arrival 37 (24) 7 (22)
Accreditation
Organizing committee volunteers and staff 62 (40) 21 (65)
Athletes 41 (26) 5 (16)
Law enforcement personnel 29 (19) 1 (3)
Olympic family 24 (15) 5 (16)
Tests performed*
Direct fluorescent antibody and viral culture 156 (100) 32 (100)
Rapid streptococcal antigen test 98 (63) 12 (38)
Rapid influenza test 141 (90) 19 (59)
Multiplex reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction for respiratory viruses 33 (21) 4 (13)

*All patient specimens were screened for influenza by direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) and viral culture. Selected samples that were negative by DFA and viral culture were screened by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction for influenza. Rapid tests for influenza and streptococcal antigen were conducted on selected patients based on their symptoms and the clinician's discretion. Detailed methods are available from the corresponding author by email.

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