Giuseppe
Emeritus
Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), full PDF document: http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/public...UR_Weekly_Influenza_Surveillance_Overview.pdf
Spain (ISCIII Influenza, http://vgripe.isciii.es/gripe/inicio.do ):
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Spain (ISCIII Influenza, http://vgripe.isciii.es/gripe/inicio.do ):
- In Spain, information concerning severe illness due to influenza infection with associated admission to hospitals comes from a surveillance system developed during the 2009/2010 pandemic season specifically for this purpose.
- Since week 40/2010 and up to week 05/2011, 1011 severe hospitalised confirmed influenza cases have been reported.
- Severely affected cases were mostly in the 15?64 year age groups (67%).
- Conversely, 13% were less than 5 years old.
- Of 871 cases with outcome information, 78 died, 10% with no known risk factors.
- Of the severe cases, 632 had information available on the status of influenza vaccination for the 2010/2011 season and only 14% of 546 cases had been immunised.
- Monovalent pandemic vaccines werereported to have been received for only 8% of hospitalised cases (38/484).
- Eighty per cent of the cases included in the groups which were recommended influenza vaccination (chronic diseases, pregnancy, obesity, older than 60 years) had not been vaccinated this season.
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