FluView: Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report: 2017–2018 Influenza Season Week 43 ending October 27, 2018

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• 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: Influenza activity in the United States remains low, although small increases in activity were reported. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, influenza A(H3N2), and influenza B viruses continue to co-circulate, with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses reported most commonly by public health laboratories during the most recent three weeks. Below is a summary of the key influenza indicators for the week ending October 27, 2018:
  
  • Viral Surveillance: Influenza A viruses have predominated in the United States since the beginning of July. The percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza in clinical laboratories was low.
  
  o Virus Characterization: The majority of influenza viruses characterized antigenically and genetically are similar to the cell-grown reference viruses representing the 2018–2019 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine viruses.
  
  o Antiviral Resistance: All viruses tested since late May show susceptibility to the antiviral drugs oseltamivir, zanamivir, and peramivir.
  
  • Influenza-like Illness Surveillance: The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) increased slightly to 1.7%, which is below the national baseline of 2.2%. All regions reported ILI below their region-specific baseline level.
  
  • ILI State Activity Indictor Map: New York City and two states experienced low ILI activity; the District of Columbia and 48 states experienced minimal ILI activity; and Puerto Rico had insufficient data.
  
  • Geographic Spread of Influenza: The geographic spread of influenza in five states was reported as local; the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 43 states reported sporadic activity; two states reported no activity; and Guam did not report.
  
  • Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality: The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was below the system-specific epidemic threshold in the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Mortality Surveillance System.
  
  • Influenza-associated Pediatric Deaths: Three influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported to CDC. One occurred during the 2018-2019 season and two occurred during the 2017-2018 season.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Influenza, Human/epidemiology Public Health Surveillance
• Series:
  FluView
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  2017
• Issue:
  43
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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