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France: ECDC weekly influenza update, Feb 4 2011

Giuseppe

Emeritus
[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, full PDF document (http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/public...UR_Weekly_Influenza_Surveillance_Overview.pdf ). Extract, edited.]

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France (http://www.invs.sante.fr/display/?doc=surveillance/grippe_dossier/points_actu_2010_11.htm ):

By week 4/2011, in the sentinel network of hospitals Oscour ,1 592 emergency consultations for influenza-like illness had been reported with 83 hospitalisations representing little change from week 3.

In the national network of paediatric and adult ICUs, the numbers have also been decreasing since week 01/2011.

Cumulatively for the season, 471 influenza cases have been reported from ICUs with influenza A(H1N1)2009 predominating and around 70% of cases being between 15 and 64 years of age.

A clinical risk factor is reported in most cases, conversely 37% of these severe cases were reported to have no identified risk factor.

In this network, there have been 54 deaths reported representing 11% of reports.

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