WISO-17th january ECDC

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   Weekly Influenza Surveillance Overview (WISO) 
For week 2/2014: 
• Of the 30 reporting countries, four (Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal and Spain) reported medium intensity of 
influenza and Portugal, Spain and the UK (England) reported geographically widespread activity. 
• Of 842 sentinel specimens tested across 25 countries, 217 (26%) from 16 countries were positive for 
influenza virus. 
• Bulgaria, Greece, Spain and the UK (Scotland) reported influenza A(H1)pdm09 virus as the dominant 
subtype. 
• Ireland, Romania, Spain, and Sweden reported 97 hospitalised laboratory-confirmed influenza cases. 
Based on reports of geographically widespread ILI activity in three countries and the growing number of 
countries with an increasing proportion of specimens testing positive for influenza virus, which is an indicator 
of influenza transmission, the season has now started in EU/EEA countries.

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	Weekly Influenza Surveillance Overview (WISO) For week 2/2014: • Of the 30 reporting countries, four (Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal and Spain) reported medium intensity of influenza and Portugal, Spain and the UK (England) reported geographically widespread activity. • Of 842 sentinel specimens tested across 25 countries, 217 (26%) from 16 countries were positive for influenza virus. • Bulgaria, Greece, Spain and the UK (Scotland) reported influenza A(H1)pdm09 virus as the dominant subtype. • Ireland, Romania, Spain, and Sweden reported 97 hospitalised laboratory-confirmed influenza cases. Based on reports of geographically widespread ILI activity in three countries and the growing number of countries with an increasing proportion of specimens testing positive for influenza virus, which is an indicator of influenza transmission, the season has now started in EU/EEA countries.
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Online Points: 96007	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2014 at 12:37pm
	http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/influenza-surveillance-overview-17-jan-2014.pdf
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Online Points: 96007	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2014 at 12:44pm
	With genetic changes showing up in both North America and Asia like D225G, Q226R, H274Y etc. it will only be a matter of time before those changes can get widespread in Europe. Some of those changes are already in Spain. H1N1 is global.
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein