Abstract
Laboratory Exposure to Influenza A H2N2, Germany, 2004–2005
Highlights
The national reference laboratory for influenza at Robert Koch Institute performed serologic testing for antibodies against A/Singapore/1/57 (H2N2) virus by hemagglutination inhibition
We compared antibody titers of laboratory workers who worked with a College of American Pathologists (CAP) sample with those who did not
29 (62%) workers were included in the study, of whom 14 (48%) reported having worked with CAP samples
Summary
The national reference laboratory for influenza at Robert Koch Institute performed serologic testing for antibodies against A/Singapore/1/57 (H2N2) virus by hemagglutination inhibition. We compared antibody titers of laboratory workers who worked with a CAP sample with those who did not. This comparison might not show a difference if (silent) virus transmission had occurred among laboratory staff. We compared titers of workers born before 1969 with those in a group of volunteers from Robert Koch Institute born before 1969.
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