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  • China - Seasonal flu cases up significantly compared with same period in previous years, A3 mainly - Zhongshan, Guangdong province - February 18, 2017

    According to calendar year monitoring data, the city's influenza-like cases late this month or began to rise, experts advise the
    child should continue to fever fever to hospital treatment
    Source: Zhongshan Daily 2017-02-18 No. 8069 A2 Edition  Release Date: February 18, 2017 



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    nearly a month, the city's influenza surveillance data show that the monitoring hospital influenza-like cases, the incidence level was unchanged from the previous month, did not break the baseline level (that is, yet to enter the influenza epidemic season); but recent The prevalence of influenza virus in our city showed that the positive rate of influenza virus increased significantly compared with the same period in previous years, with type A H3 subtype of influenza virus mainly according to the latest week of the city fever and respiratory syndrome monitoring data show that in the monitoring of hospital outpatient fever respiratory cases The positive rate of influenza virus was 15%, and the positive rate of influenza virus was 10% in hospitalized pneumonia cases. According to the city's annual influenza epidemic monitoring data, the city's influenza activity began to rise from February, outpatient influenza-like cases, influenza virus positive rate and collective unit aggregation cases were increased simultaneously.

    According to the city CDC experts predict that although the current monitoring data show that the city has not yet entered the influenza season, but due to H3 subtype influenza activity has increased, and as of the end of January, the city's influenza vaccination only 4 million doses, There are a large number of susceptible groups, especially schools and nurseries and other collective units, after the school with the arrival of the influenza season, there have been clustered cases or the risk of outbreaks.



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