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China - Beijing CDC declares flu epidemic - cases up over last year - mostly H3N2

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
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Beijing CDC
Published: 2014-12-08


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influenza rose 381.48% the previous month.

centralized fever epidemic

since September 2014, the city received a total of 62 outbreaks reported from centralized heat caused by the influenza virus, influenza A (H3N2) influenza virus by the cause. Schools and nurseries significantly increased focus fever epidemic, where five of the kindergarten, primary school 32 cases, 24 cases of high school, one from the University; from the number reported in November increased significantly. Compared to last year have increased significantly.

judged epidemic

influenza surveillance data show that over the years the city, for the city's winter flu season, and reached a peak in around New Year's Day each year. According to the city's influenza surveillance and early warning data analysis results, the recent outbreak of flu virus activity was significantly increased, and with influenza A (H3N2) influenza virus is dominant, has now entered the influenza epidemic, the more popular the start of last week popular Season somewhat in advance. Risk as temperatures drop, school nurseries and other crowded places appear concentrated fever epidemic of influenza caused by a further increase. Does not rule out severe, severe, and deaths caused by influenza may, especially in children, the elderly and people with chronic underlying diseases such as influenza in high-risk populations.

http://www.bjcdc.org/article/39539/2014/12/1418019934005.html
 
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