It’s fall, and time to think about getting all of our patients protected from influenza. Although there has been a great deal of media attention on the influenza A (H5N1) avian influenza virus in southeast Asia, our patients face a much greater immediate threat from the good old-fashioned influenza strains that circulate every year in San Diego. The San Diego Health and Human Services virology laboratory has already isolated both influenza A and influenza B strains in San Diego this fall.
