According to Pan American Health Organization for Week 42:
Mexico: 10 positive samples associated to influenza B and 3 associated to influenza A(H3)
Caribbean
Barbados, Belize, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname: SARI hospitalizations 4.4%
Cuba: 1.5% positive for influenza
Jamaica: ARI 10.2%; SARI admissions 1.2%
44% positive for influenza (all B)
Guadeloupe and Martinique: epidemic of bronchiolitis
Central America
Costa Rica: 42.6% positive for influenza (majority A)
El Salvador: ARI higher compared to the same period in 2011
Majority Influenza B in circulation over past 3 months
Nicaragua: Co-circulation of influenza A(H3N2) and influenza B
Panama: influenza low
South America
Colombia: SARI hospitalizations 20.4%
Brazil: 20.37% for influenza: A(H3), A(H1N1)pdm09 and B
Chile: ILI remaining in the alert zone of the endemic channel; influenza B detected
Paraguay: ILI rate (100.2/100,000 population) and the proportion of ILI consultations (5%) in sentinel units; SARI hospitalizations 5.1%
Mexico: 10 positive samples associated to influenza B and 3 associated to influenza A(H3)
Caribbean
Barbados, Belize, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname: SARI hospitalizations 4.4%
Cuba: 1.5% positive for influenza
Jamaica: ARI 10.2%; SARI admissions 1.2%
44% positive for influenza (all B)
Guadeloupe and Martinique: epidemic of bronchiolitis
Central America
Costa Rica: 42.6% positive for influenza (majority A)
El Salvador: ARI higher compared to the same period in 2011
Majority Influenza B in circulation over past 3 months
Nicaragua: Co-circulation of influenza A(H3N2) and influenza B
Panama: influenza low
South America
Colombia: SARI hospitalizations 20.4%
Brazil: 20.37% for influenza: A(H3), A(H1N1)pdm09 and B
Chile: ILI remaining in the alert zone of the endemic channel; influenza B detected
Paraguay: ILI rate (100.2/100,000 population) and the proportion of ILI consultations (5%) in sentinel units; SARI hospitalizations 5.1%
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