TY - JOUR AU - Gaydos, Joel AU - Top, Franklin AU - Hodder, Richard AU - Russell, Philip T1 - Swine Influenza A Outbreak, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1976 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 1 SP - 23 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In early 1976, the novel A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) influenza virus caused severe respiratory illness in 13 soldiers with 1 death at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Since A/New Jersey was similar to the 1918–1919 pandemic virus, rapid outbreak assessment and enhanced surveillance were initiated. A/New Jersey virus was detected only from January 19 to February 9 and did not spread beyond Fort Dix. A/Victoria/75 (H3N2) spread simultaneously, also caused illness, and persisted until March. Up to 230 soldiers were infected with the A/New Jersey virus. Rapid recognition of A/New Jersey, swift outbreak assessment, and enhanced surveillance resulted from excellent collaboration between Fort Dix, New Jersey Department of Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and Center for Disease Control personnel. Despite efforts to define the events at Fort Dix, many questions remain unanswered, including the following: Where did A/New Jersey come from? Why did transmission stop? KW - Influenza KW - military KW - respiratory disease KW - swine KW - perspective KW - New Jersey KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1201.050965 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0965_article ER - End of Reference