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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Taiwan Influenza Express

From Taiwan's CDC, influenza update week 40 (October 3–October 9, 2010), excerpt but here's the PDF report :

" Summary

During week 40 (October 3–October 9, 2010), influenza activity remained unchanged in Taiwan, and seasonal influenza virus type AH3 is predominant in the community. Most of the influenza viruses match the 2010–11 vaccine component.
  • Of the 466 specimens tested during week 38–40, 118 (25%) were positive for influenza
    viruses, 103 (22%) were positive for influenza A (H3N2) viruses, 14 (3%) were positive for
    pandemic (H1N1) 2009 viruses and 1 (<1%)>
  • Since July 1, 2010, there have been 535 reports of complicated influenza virus infections,
    including 450 reports of seasonal influenza virus type H3N2 infections and 58 reports of
    complicated pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infections. There were 22 new seasonal H3N2 cases and 1 new seasonal influenza A untyped case during week 40. Since July 1, 2009, there have been 997 reports of complicated pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infections (51 deaths). Since July 1, 2010, there have been 22 reports of death from complicated influenza infection; 7 from the pandemic H1N1 2009 and 15 from the seasonal H3N2 strain, respectively."

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