[Source: Ministry of Health, full PDF document (in Italian), (LINK). Translated, edited.]

Italy, Influenza - Virological Surveillance Update - Week 51/2010

5 January 2011


Clinical samples collection activity continues through Influnet laboratories network.

During current week (52/2010), 84 clinical samples have been collected by network's laboratories.

Among these, thirty-one (31) were positive for influenza virus.

Eight were type B, collected from patients respectively in the Teaching hospital of Genoa, Parma, Trieste, and at 'San Matteo' hospital in Pavia.

Seventeen (17) were type A H1N1 (2009) collected from patients in the Teaching Hospital of Florence, Genoa, Palermo, Parma, Milan and Pavia.

One (1) type A/H3N2 has been isolated at Genoa.

Five other Type A virus have been isolated at Pavia but they were't yet subtyped.


Table 1 - Virological Surveillance of Influenza - Cumulative Number of Isolates per Week and Type/Subtype (since the start of the season, Week 46/2010

[Type-Subtype / Week: 46 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52, Total]

* FLU A - 0 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 8 - 12 - 23 - 51
o A - ... - 1 - ... - ... - ... - 2 - 5 - 8
o A/H3N2 - ... - ... - ... - 1 - 4 - ... - 1 - 6
o A/H1N1v - ... - 3 - 3 - ... - 4 - 10 - 17 - 37
* FLU B - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 6 - 10 - 8 - 28
* TOT POSITIVE SAMPLES - 0 - 6 - 5 - 1 - 14 - 22 - 31 - 79
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