FluView: 2014–2015 Influenza Season: Week 9 ending March 7, 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 9 (March 1-7, 2015), influenza activity continued to decrease, but remained elevated in the United States.
  
  o ViralSurveillance:Of14,634specimenstestedandreportedbyU.S.WorldHealth Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories during week 9, 1,670 (11.4%) were positive for influenza.
  
  o PneumoniaandInfluenzaMortality:Theproportionofdeathsattributedtopneumoniaand influenza (P&I) was above the epidemic threshold.
  
  o Influenza-associatedPediatricDeaths:Seveninfluenza-associatedpediatricdeathswere reported.
  
  o Influenza-associatedHospitalizations:Acumulativeratefortheseasonof55.7 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 population was reported.
  
  o OutpatientIllnessSurveillance:Theproportionofoutpatientvisitsforinfluenza-likeillness (ILI) was 2.4%, above the national baseline of 2.0%. Eight regions reported ILI at or above region-specific baseline levels. Puerto Rico and six states experienced high ILI activity; one state experienced moderate ILI activity; 13 states experienced low ILI activity; New York City and 30 states experienced minimal ILI activity; and the District of Columbia had insufficient data.
  
  o Geographic Spread of Influenza: The geographic spread of influenza in nine states was reported as widespread; Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 29 states reported regional activity; 11 states reported local activity; and the District of Columbia and one state reported sporadic 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:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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