Ireland, ECDC update, Feb 18 2011

[Giuseppe]

Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/public...UR_Weekly_Influenza_Surveillance_Overview.pdf

Ireland: HPSC influenza http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Respira...za/Surveillance/InfluenzaSurveillanceReports/

• For the 2010/2011 season to date (16 February 2011), 884 confirmed influenza cases have been hospitalised, of these 118 cases have been admitted to intensive care units and 18 deaths have been reported to HPSC.
• At the peak, this represented 1.1/105 population cases requiring higher level (intensive) care but figures have declined considerably since then.
• As of 16 February, 21 of the hospitalised cases remained in intensive care on 16 February compared with 31 a week before.
• Eighty-six of the 118 intensive care cases (76%) had underlying medical conditions.
• The underlying medical conditions include: chronic respiratory disease, chronic heart disease, immunosuppression, pregnancy, metabolic disorders and morbid obesity.
• HPSC has been informed of 22 influenza-associated deaths to date this season (as of 16/02/2011).
• Of the deaths: 17 had influenza A(H1N1)2009, one combined influenza A and B infections and three influenza B.
• One death was in a patient in the 0?4 year age group, 16 patients were in the 15?64 year age group and five patients were aged 65 years and older.

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