Influenza A Outbreaks in Two Professional Ice Hockey Teams during COVID-19 Epidemic

Niklas Lindblad; Timo Hänninen; Maarit Valtonen; Olli J. Heinonen; Matti Waris; Olli Ruuskanen

doi:10.3390/v14122730

Viruses (Dec 2022)

Influenza A Outbreaks in Two Professional Ice Hockey Teams during COVID-19 Epidemic

Niklas Lindblad,
Timo Hänninen,
Maarit Valtonen,
Olli J. Heinonen,
Matti Waris,
Olli Ruuskanen

Affiliations

Niklas Lindblad: Unit for Health and Physical Activity, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Timo Hänninen: Tampere Research Centre of Sports Medicine, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, 33500 Tampere, Finland
Maarit Valtonen: Finnish Institute of High Performance KIHU, 40700 Jyväskylä, Finland
Olli J. Heinonen: Unit for Health and Physical Activity, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Matti Waris: Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Olli Ruuskanen: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v14122730
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 12
p. 2730

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Influenza A outbreaks occurred in two professional hockey teams just after two games they played against each other. Thirteen players and two staff members fell ill during 17–20 April 2022, while COVID-19 was prevalent. Altogether, seven players missed an important game due to influenza. The rapid diagnosis permitted effective pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical control of the outbreaks.

Published in Viruses

ISSN: 1999-4915 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

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