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New information received from 25 European countries. |
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influenza activity across the European continent except in Francewhere
it reached local to regional levels. Type A is dominant, mainly A(H1N1)
but some countries reported the isolation of A(H3N2) viruses. |
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Weeks 20/49 to 20/51 |
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| AUSTRIA** |
No influenza acitivity |
Week 20/48 07/12/00 |
| BELGIUM** |
Local outbreaks of Influenza activity due to influenza
A viruses |
Week 20/49 10/12/00 |
| BULGARIA** |
ARI at seasonal levels.
First isolation of influenza virus from a sporadic case. The strain has
been characterised
as antigenically related to A/Moscow/10/99(H3N2) |
09/12/00 |
| CROATIA** |
No indication of influenza activity. No detection nor
isolation so far |
Weeks 20/50 & 20/51 18/12/00 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC** |
Sporadic Influenza activity. Six isolations of influenza
A(H3N2) were reported for week 20/49 |
Week 20/50 14/12/00 |
| DENMARK** |
Influenza activity at low levels. No isolation/detection
reported this week |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| FINLAND** |
Sporadic influenza activity.
No new isolation/detection for week 20/49 |
Week 20/49 11/12/00 |
| FRANCE** |
Influenza activity has
reached the epidemic threshold in 2 regions of Northern France due to A/NC/20/99(H1N1)-like
viruses. The activity was reported as local in the South andregional
in the North. Two isolations of A(H3N2) viruses in the South. |
Week 20/49 13/12/00 |
| GERMANY** |
Sporadic influenza activity
associated with influenza A(H1N1) viruses |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| GREECE |
No report so far |
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| HUNGARY |
No report so far |
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| ICELAND** |
No detection nor isolation so far |
Weeks 20/48 to 20/50 11/12/00 |
| IRELAND** |
Low influenza activity. One isolation/detection of influenza
A virus was reported |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| ITALY** |
Influenza activity at baseline levels. No detection nor
isolation reported for weeks 20/49 &20/50 |
Weeks 20/49 & 20/50 13/12/00 |
| LATVIA** |
Sporadic influenza activity. The first antigen detection
of influenza A virus was reported. |
Week 20/50 18/12/00 |
| LITHUANIA** |
Increasing ARI levels. Influenza activity at non epidemic
levels. No isolation nor detection so far |
Week 20/49 12/12/00 |
| THE NETHERLANDS** |
Sporadic influenza activity. No detection nor isolation
reported for week 49 |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| NORWAY** |
Sporadic influenza activity.First
virological detection of influenza virus reported for week 48.
RT-PCR and sequencing showed the strain to belong to the A(H1N1) subtype
and genetically related to A/NC/20/99. |
Weeks 20/48 & 20/49 13/12/00 |
| POLAND** |
Influenza activity at seasonal levels with increasing
incidence of ILI. No detection nor isolation so far |
Week 20/50 11/12/00 |
| PORTUGAL** |
One detection/isolation
of influenza B virus was reported |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| ROMANIA** |
ARI at non epidemic level.No
detection nor isolation of influenza virus so far |
Week 20/48 07/12/00 |
| RUSSIA and CIS c.** |
From September to November
2000, low influenza activity with sporadic
cases of influenza A(H3N2), A(H1N1) & B |
From Sept. To Nov.2000
06/12/00 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC** |
Influenza activity at
seasonal levelswith increasing incidence
of ILI. No newinfluenza isolate |
Week 20/51 18/12/00 |
| SLOVENIA** |
No influenza activity |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| SPAIN** |
Sporadic influenza activity.
First detection/isolation of influenza A virus reported for the current
season |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| SWEDEN |
Sporadic influenza activity |
Week 20/47 |
| SWITZERLAND** |
No influenza activity.One rapid test detection of influenza
virus in the North-East of the country |
Week 20/49 14/12/00 |
| UNITED KINGDOM** |
All indicators continue
to remain at low levels (week 20/49). Influenza A(H1N1) is the dominant
type/subtype. One school outbreak of influenza A reported. |
Week 20/50 13/12/00 |
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| EISS member |
New EuroGROG member |
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| USA** |
Regional influenza activity
was reported by 5 states and territorial health departments whereas sporadic
activity was reported by 31. Thirteen othersreported
no influenza activity.
During week 49, 51 (6%) specimens were found positive: 33 were influenza
A(H1N1) viruses, 6 were unsubtyped A viruses, and 12 wereB
viruses. |
Week 20/49 09/12/00 |
| ISRAEL |
First influenza isolate reported (week 20/47). The virus was characterised
as A(H1N1) |
Weeks 20/46 to 20/48 03/12/00 |
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