It represents the work of several Department of Health staff members. One Influenza B, also from Rapid City, has been confirmed and several other samples are currently being tested. Parainfluenza viruses continue to circulate. Low numbers of RSV have been found so far. I t is not too late to vaccinate against influenza or pneumococcal disease to prevent illness and death this influenza season .
Vaccine is readily available.
North Dakota Public Health Laboratory confirmed its first influenza case, type A, in the 2000-2001 season in a 6 year old from the central part of the state on Wednesday, January 3, 2001. To learn more, please contact Bioterrorism Coordinator, LaJean Volmer at 773-3737. Mina Kightlinger, MPH, has joined the SD DOH Office of Health Promotion to direct the Cancer Registry. For more information on the DOH site, call Carol Taylor at 773-3737.