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Spain, ECDC update, Feb 11 2011

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 ):

  • 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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