FluView: 2011-2012 Influenza Season: Week 2 ending January 14, 2012

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• Journal Article:
  FluView
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Influenza Division.
• Description:
  All data are preliminary and may change as more reports are received.
  
  Synopsis: During week 2 (January 8-14, 2012), influenza activity in the United States remained relatively low.
  
  • U.S. Virologic Surveillance: Of the 3,771 specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories and reported to CDC/Influenza Division, 138 (3.7%) were positive for influenza.
  
  • Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) Mortality Surveillance: The proportion of deaths attributed to P&I was below the epidemic threshold.
  
  • Influenza-associated Pediatric Mortality: No influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported.
  
  • Outpatient Illness Surveillance: The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) was 1.2%, which is below the national baseline of 2.4%. All 10 regions reported ILI below region-specific baseline levels. New York City and all 50 states experienced minimal ILI activity and the District of Columbia had insufficient data.
  
  • Geographic Spread of Influenza: The geographic spread of influenza in one state was reported as regional; eight states reported local activity; Puerto Rico and 38 states reported sporadic activity, and the District of Columbia, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and three states reported no influenza activity.
  
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• 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:
  13 numbered pages
• Volume:
  2011
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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