PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - The Royal College of General Practitioners and The Public Health Laboratory Service TI - Long-term study of influenza in families DP - 1981 Jun 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 351--356 VI - 31 IP - 227 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/31/227/351.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/31/227/351.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 Jun 01; 31 AB - This is an account of a five-year study of influenza in families during an interepidemic period. Proven influenza seemed to be a more severe illness than an influenza-like illness. The result of the study suggests that factors other than strain-specific antibodies may be responsible in protecting against influenza during a period of drift.