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ProMED-mail Archive Number 20101217.4463
Published Date 17-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/EDR> Influenza (20): WHO, Europe, UK
[1] WHO statement Date: Wed 15 Dec 2010
Source: WHO Global Alert and Response [edited]
15 December 2010
URL http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/events/en/
Influenza Recent Events
Start of the influenza season in UK: H1N1(2009) cases
英国では、特に、この 3週間の全国での influenza H1N1 (2009) [ A型インフルエンザ H1N1 2009]ウイルス重症感染者数増加 (英国 Health Protection Agency 健康保護局 HPA 発表)。
Notably, there has been no change in the antigenic character of the virus implying that the currently available vaccine should continue to provide protection.
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Unusual epidemiological, clinical, or virological patterns of influenza virus infection should be immediately reported to WHO.
[2] HPA statement
Date: Fri 17 Dec 2010
Source: HPA, Health Protection Report ,Volume 4, No 50 [edited]
URL http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/archives/2010/news5010.htm#flu
第49週(2010年12月6日-同月12日) 英国イングランドでは インフルエンザ/インフルエンザ様疾患 (ILI)の受診率は増加し、[疫学的]ベースライン値を上回った (人口 10万人あたり 34.6人)。
Influenza activity is increasing, and levels of consultation forinfluenza-like illness in primary care have now exceeded base line thresholds in England.
- influenza A H1N1 (2009) and influenza B are the predominant circulating viruses. The virus strains circulating are well matched to the current influenza vaccine and very little antiviral resistance has been detected;
- 57 acute respiratory disease outbreaks were reported in the UK in week 49, 55 schools, one care home and one hospital;
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ProMED-mail Archive Number 20101216.4454
Published Date 16-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/EDR> Influenza (19): Europe, Israel, Yemen
[1] Europe Date: Thu 16 Dec 2010
Source: Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50 [edited]
URL http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19753
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下記のHPA報告書一部引用
Twenty nine of 86 (33.7%) specimens from patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) presenting to sentinel GPs in England in week 48 [ending 5 December], were reported as positive for influenza (eighteen influenza A H1N1 (2009), one influenza A not subtyped and ten influenza B [英国イングランド 2010年第48週 11月29日-12月5日 定点医療機関からのインフルエンザウイルス陽性 29検体中 A型H1N1 2009 18検体、B型 10、A型/亜型不明 1検体). The proportion of specimens reported to DataMart as positive for influenza has increased to 16.7% (151 of 903).
出典 (2) HPA Weekly National Influenza Report - week 49. London: Health Protection Agency; 9 Dec 2010; Available from:
URL http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1287146267647
[以下は初回投稿]
WHO Global Alert and Response (GAR) ウェブサイト リニューアル後
URL http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/en/
ProMED-mail Archive Number 20101212.4418
Published Date 12-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Influenza (18): WHO update, UK
[2] H1N1 in the UK
Date: Sat 11 Dec 2010
Source: The Independent newspaper [abbreviated & edited]
URL http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/doctors-shocked-by-spread-of-swine-flu-ndash-and-its-severity-2157407.html
英国では この6週間で(65歳未満の若年)成人 10人(大半は基礎疾患あり)が A型インフルエンザ H1N1 2009ウイルス感染症で死亡。全国的なワクチン接種率は、リスクを有する若年成人で40%。”大流行の波はないであろうが、相当数の人はまだ感受性あり”
National figures show vaccination rates are lower than in previous years, covering 66 per cent of the over-65s and 40 per cent of younger adults at risk (pregnant women and those with chronic diseases such as asthma).
[1] WHO update 122
Date: Fri 3 Dec 2010
Source: World Health Organisation (WHO), Global Alert and Response
(GAR), Influenza [abbreviated & edited]
URL http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/2010_12_03_GIP_surveillance/en/
Influenza update 122 — 3 Dec 2010
Globally, there continued to be co-circulation of influenza H1N1 (2009), A(H3N2), B viruses, with the latter 2 being predominant.
2010年11月上・中旬時点で、エチオピア、カメルーンでは influenza H1N1 (2009) virus 陽性検体数増加。
… In Sub-Saharan Africa, overall influenza activity remained low in most countries, except in Cameroon and Ethiopia, which as of early to mid- November 2010, reported a recent surge in the numbers of specimens testing positive for H1N1 (2009) virus [18 (69 percent) of 26 specimens testing positive in Ethiopia and 18 (23 percent) of 79 specimens testing positive in Cameroon].
