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Editor, Senior Moderator
47. week (22-.28.11 2010) viirusnakkustesse upper respiratory tract infection in Estonia grew by 10 percent. Doctors approached by a total of 4081 people, over 55 percent of them were children.
Respiratory illness was caused by different viruses, particularly para-influenza and RS viruses. Last week was also one of the first confirmed influenza B virus, which had been put through a sentinel surveillance gripidiagnoosist.
Sentinel surveillance of family physicians participating in 11 counties who send weekly Diseases Laboratory of the Health Board to confirm all of the samples taken from patients with symptoms suggestive of influenza. Sentinel is the purpose of monitoring the epidemic process of influenza season, evaluation and monitoring of possible changes. The first influenza B sample finding indicates a potential sentinel influenza viruses spread in Estonia. Further confirmation that the next few weeks, but the data analysis.
Tartu University Hospital, two laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of influenza A, either the virus is also one of the subt?peeritud and B influenza.
Generally corresponds to the usual seasonal rise in incidence and intensity of the disease remains low. The number of infected counties are not major differences. Age groups of the most commonly affects up to 4 years of age.
As well as the incidence of influenza in Europe remained at a low level, only a few are diagnosed with influenza illness. Simultaneously in both the circulating H1N1 influenza viruses, A (2009), A (H3N2) and influenza B viruses.
From 40th week is 286-st in the WHO European region of the influenza virus A was 161 or 56 percent of influenza viruses and 125, or 44 percent of influenza B viruses. Of all influenza A viruses, 66 percent were A H1N1 (2009), or swine flu, one of the seasonal H1N1, H3N2 by 33 percent. 51-A influenza virus has been subt?peerimata.
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Respiratory illness was caused by different viruses, particularly para-influenza and RS viruses. Last week was also one of the first confirmed influenza B virus, which had been put through a sentinel surveillance gripidiagnoosist.
Sentinel surveillance of family physicians participating in 11 counties who send weekly Diseases Laboratory of the Health Board to confirm all of the samples taken from patients with symptoms suggestive of influenza. Sentinel is the purpose of monitoring the epidemic process of influenza season, evaluation and monitoring of possible changes. The first influenza B sample finding indicates a potential sentinel influenza viruses spread in Estonia. Further confirmation that the next few weeks, but the data analysis.
Tartu University Hospital, two laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of influenza A, either the virus is also one of the subt?peeritud and B influenza.
Generally corresponds to the usual seasonal rise in incidence and intensity of the disease remains low. The number of infected counties are not major differences. Age groups of the most commonly affects up to 4 years of age.
As well as the incidence of influenza in Europe remained at a low level, only a few are diagnosed with influenza illness. Simultaneously in both the circulating H1N1 influenza viruses, A (2009), A (H3N2) and influenza B viruses.
From 40th week is 286-st in the WHO European region of the influenza virus A was 161 or 56 percent of influenza viruses and 125, or 44 percent of influenza B viruses. Of all influenza A viruses, 66 percent were A H1N1 (2009), or swine flu, one of the seasonal H1N1, H3N2 by 33 percent. 51-A influenza virus has been subt?peerimata.
http://www.terviseamet.ee/info/uudi...-hingamisteede-viirusnakkused-47-nadalal.html