Re: Sweden Influenza Surveillance 2013-2014
Influenza Report for Week 5, 2014
Report on the current flu situation. The report was published on 6 February 2014.
Influenza activity in the country remains low and increased only slightly during the week of the 5th Also in the rest of Europe, the season so far has been mild, but the intensity is increasing slowly. Developments to date indicates that the season may be mild, but late and intense peaks have been lost, by 2012.
Special: Intense nursed flu patients and deaths
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Special : Intense nursed flu cases and deaths
Nineteen patients with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 has the season been reported to be intense nursed
by SmiNet and 23 patients have been reported by Swedish Intensivv?rdsregistrets
influenza module ( SIRI ) . Some patients appear likely in both systems , but the total
number is unknown because of , among other things, anonymous reporting of SIRI and underreporting
in both systems.
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SmiNet
Nineteen patients with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 has been notified by SmiNet was intense nursed ,
Fourteen men and five women. Sixteen of the nineteen (84%) were over 40 years. . Eleven patients belonged to a
risk group , three did not , and five have unknown risk group affiliation. Of the 12 who due
of age or risk group affiliation recommended vaccination was a vaccinated , five
unvaccinated and six were missing vaccination status .
SIRI
Of the 23 intense nursed patients reported by SIRI , all but one over 65. it
last patient was 7 years old and belonged to a risk group , but were not vaccinated. Six of the
older also belonged to a medical risk. The most common underlying diseases were
chronic heart and lung disease, impaired immune system and liver or kidney failure . More men have
intensive cared for than women. All patients except one were infected with influenza
A (H1N1) pdm09 . Only one patient had influenza B. This reflects the presence of different viruses in
laboratory reporting. Only 3 patients were vaccinated against seasonal flu. they were
between 70 and 80 years old. It is known that the efficacy of influenza vaccination decreases with age
which may have contributed to the vaccination has not protected them against infection.
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deaths
One additional patient with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 infection have been reported as deceased . it is
about a 77 - year-old man from S?rmlandsleden with underlying disorders who passed away in December 2013
after a period of hospitalization. A total of three people have been reported as deceased in the season (see also
influenza report for week 3). It is not mandatory to report when patients with
notifiable diseases, death , making the statistics will be incomplete.
The number of people who die ( from any cause ) in Sweden has been at normal and expected level
during the influenza season . The mortality rate in the age group 15-64 years was slightly higher than the
expected , while the death rate among people over 65 years have been just below the expected level. IN
both age groups , however, the variation is well within the expected range. At the European level is
mortality just as expected .
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842 samples - 133 (15.8%) positive: 94 A/H1N1pdm09, 33 other A, 6 B
Activity low, Trend increasing
Influenza Report for Week 5, 2014
Report on the current flu situation. The report was published on 6 February 2014.
Influenza activity in the country remains low and increased only slightly during the week of the 5th Also in the rest of Europe, the season so far has been mild, but the intensity is increasing slowly. Developments to date indicates that the season may be mild, but late and intense peaks have been lost, by 2012.
Special: Intense nursed flu patients and deaths
...
...
Special : Intense nursed flu cases and deaths
Nineteen patients with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 has the season been reported to be intense nursed
by SmiNet and 23 patients have been reported by Swedish Intensivv?rdsregistrets
influenza module ( SIRI ) . Some patients appear likely in both systems , but the total
number is unknown because of , among other things, anonymous reporting of SIRI and underreporting
in both systems.
*
SmiNet
Nineteen patients with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 has been notified by SmiNet was intense nursed ,
Fourteen men and five women. Sixteen of the nineteen (84%) were over 40 years. . Eleven patients belonged to a
risk group , three did not , and five have unknown risk group affiliation. Of the 12 who due
of age or risk group affiliation recommended vaccination was a vaccinated , five
unvaccinated and six were missing vaccination status .
SIRI
Of the 23 intense nursed patients reported by SIRI , all but one over 65. it
last patient was 7 years old and belonged to a risk group , but were not vaccinated. Six of the
older also belonged to a medical risk. The most common underlying diseases were
chronic heart and lung disease, impaired immune system and liver or kidney failure . More men have
intensive cared for than women. All patients except one were infected with influenza
A (H1N1) pdm09 . Only one patient had influenza B. This reflects the presence of different viruses in
laboratory reporting. Only 3 patients were vaccinated against seasonal flu. they were
between 70 and 80 years old. It is known that the efficacy of influenza vaccination decreases with age
which may have contributed to the vaccination has not protected them against infection.
*
deaths
One additional patient with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 infection have been reported as deceased . it is
about a 77 - year-old man from S?rmlandsleden with underlying disorders who passed away in December 2013
after a period of hospitalization. A total of three people have been reported as deceased in the season (see also
influenza report for week 3). It is not mandatory to report when patients with
notifiable diseases, death , making the statistics will be incomplete.
The number of people who die ( from any cause ) in Sweden has been at normal and expected level
during the influenza season . The mortality rate in the age group 15-64 years was slightly higher than the
expected , while the death rate among people over 65 years have been just below the expected level. IN
both age groups , however, the variation is well within the expected range. At the European level is
mortality just as expected .
...
842 samples - 133 (15.8%) positive: 94 A/H1N1pdm09, 33 other A, 6 B
Activity low, Trend increasing
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