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Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-29 (No New Deaths; Total Three)
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-3 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 3: Sporadic
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.1%
ED ILI: 2%
10.5% positive for influenza A(H1N1), A(H3), B
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
No additional outbreaks have been reported.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-4 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 4: Sporadic
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.1% (higher in Seminole County)
ED ILI: 2.1%
18.9% positive for influenza A(H1N1), A(H3), A and B
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
No additional outbreaks have been reported.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-5 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 5: Sporadic
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.1% (higher in Seminole County)
ED ILI: 2.1%
18.4% positive for influenza A(H1N1), A(H3), A and B
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
No additional outbreaks have been reported.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-6 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 6: Sporadic
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.5% (higher in Seminole County)
ED ILI: 2.1%
12.2% positive for influenza (majority B)
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
? One ILI or influenza outbreak was reported in week 6 in an County Detention Facility in Duval County. Ten inmates met the ILI case definition. Nine specimens tested positive at Shands hospital lab for influenza A. Seven of those nine tested positive for 2009 H1N1. No inmates were hospitalized. All ten were treated with Oseltamivir.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-7 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 7: Sporadic
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.7% (higher in Seminole County)
ED ILI: 2.5%
12.1% positive for influenza (all A)
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
In week 7 there were two influenza or ILI outbreaks reported into EpiCom.
? Okaloosa County: A skilled nursing facility reported ten out of 18 staff members as meeting the ILI case definition. One specimen tested
positive for A H1N1 by PCR and another tested positive for influenza A by rapid antigen tests. Neither individual was vaccinated this
season.
? Palm Beach County: An elementary school reported that 24 students and three staff met the ILI case defini\on. The attack rate was 3%.
The absenteeism rate increased from 4.8% to 11.3%. One specimen was collected and sent to the Jacksonville lab. Results are
pending.
Three influenza or ILI outbreaks have been reported into EpiCom in the 201112 influenza season.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-8 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 8: Regional
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.5% (higher in Hardee, Lake, Martin and Pasco counties)
ED ILI: 2.8%
16.2% positive for influenza
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
Two ILI or influenza outbreaks were reported to EpiCom in week 8. One was in a nursing home in Orange county; no specimens tested positive for influenza. The second was at a middle school in Seminole county; 35 students and 3 faculty and staff were confirmed to have Influenza A by rapid test. Six influenza or ILI outbreaks have been reported into EpiCom in the 201112 influenza season.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-9 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 9: Regional
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.71% (higher in Martin, Pasco and Seminole counties)
ED ILI: 2.4%
20% positive for influenza
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
Two ILI or influenza outbreaks were reported to EpiCom in week 9. One was in a long term care facility in Palm Beach County; 5 specimens tested positive for influenza A by rapid antigen test and one specimen tested positive for influenza A H3 at the state lab . The second was at an elementary school in Escambia county; 3 students were confirmed to have Influenza A and one student was
confirmed to have influenza B by rapid antigen test. There have been a total of 8 outbreaks reported for the season.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-10 (No New Deaths; Total One)
Week 10: Regional
No new deaths; total 1
ILI: 1.9% (higher in Lake and Orange counties)
ED ILI: 2.6%
21.9% positive for influenza
No pediatric deaths have been reported this season.
• Sarasota County: A long term care facility reported that 6 out of 98 residents and 2 staff had ILI. Four residents were hospitalized. Two specimens tested rapid antigen positive for influenza A. All affected wings were isolated and all individuals in those units were given chemoprophylaxis. Two specimens were sent to the State Lab. Results are pending.
Re: Florida 2011-2012 Flu Season: Weeks 40-11 (Two Pediatric Deaths; Three Total Deaths)
Week 11: Regional 2 pediatric deaths (reported in Miami Dade County. The two cases were not epidemiologically linked); total 3 (2 pediatric and 1 adult)
ILI: 1.5% (higher in Lake, Palm Beach and Seminole counties)
ED ILI: 2.7%
30.2% positive for influenza
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