FluView: 2014–2015 Influenza Season: Week 3 ending January 24, 2015

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• Journal Article:
  FluView
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Influenza Division.
• Description:
  Synopsis: During week 3 (January 18-24, 2015), influenza activity remained elevated in the United States.
  
  o ViralSurveillance:Of23,339specimenstestedandreportedbyU.S.WorldHealth Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories during week 3, 4,651 (19.9%) were positive for influenza.
  
  o NovelInfluenzaAVirus:OnehumaninfectionwithanovelinfluenzaAviruswasreported. o PneumoniaandInfluenzaMortality:Theproportionofdeathsattributedtopneumoniaand
  
  influenza (P&I) was above the epidemic threshold.
  
  o Influenza-associatedPediatricDeaths:Fiveinfluenza-associatedpediatricdeathswere
  
  reported.
  
  o Influenza-associatedHospitalizations:Acumulativeratefortheseasonof40.5
  
  laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 population was
  
  o OutpatientIllnessSurveillance:Theproportionofoutpatientvisitsforinfluenza-likeillness
  
  (ILI) was 4.4%, above the national baseline of 2.0%. All 10 regions reported ILI at or above region-specific baseline levels. Puerto Rico and 29 states experienced high ILI activity; New York City and seven states experienced moderate ILI activity; six states experienced low ILI activity; eight states experienced minimal ILI activity; and the District of Columbia had insufficient data.
  
  o GeographicSpreadofInfluenza:ThegeographicspreadofinfluenzainPuertoRicoand 44 states was reported as widespread; the U.S. Virgin Islands and five states reported regional activity; and the District of Columbia, Guam, and one state reported local activity.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Influenza, Human/epidemiology Influenza A Virus, H2N2 Subtype Public Health Surveillance
• Series:
  FluView
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  14 numbered pages
• Volume:
  2014
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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