How severe was the 2015 influenza season in Australia?

نویسندگان

  • James E Fielding
  • Annette K Regan
  • Craig B Dalton
  • Monique B-N Chilver
  • Sheena G Sullivan
چکیده

ASPREN1⁄4Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network; ILI1⁄4 influenza-like illness; SPNWA1⁄4Sentinel Practitioners Network of Western Australia; VicSPIN1⁄4Victorian Sentinel Practice Influenza Network. * For ASPREN and VicSPIN: overall proportions of positive swabs collected during the influenza season (MayeOctober). u MAustralia depicted a severe influenza season, focusing on the record number of laboratoryconfirmed influenza cases notified to health authorities. We used sentinel surveillance data and a weekly online symptoms survey to compare the magnitude of the 2015 influenza season in Australia with recent seasons.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Medical journal of Australia

دوره 204 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016