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 INFLUENZA HEALTH TOPICS

Flu viruses in the throat, artworkSeasonal influenza
Influenza is an infectious disease with mostly respiratory symptoms caused by influenza viruses.

Pandemic influenzaInfluenza pandemics  
Pandemic influenza is a global spread of a new influenza strain to which the general population is not immune.

H5N1 avian influenza virus particles, TEMAvian influenza
Influenza is an infectious disease with mostly respiratory characteristics caused by RNA viruses.

Influenza, in swine
Influenza in swine is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract in pigs, caused by type A influenza virus.

 FEATURED PUBLICATION

Annual epidemiological report 2011

Annual epidemiological report 2011 - Reporting on 2009 surveillance data and 2010 epidemic intelligence data
Scientific Publication - Nov 2011
See chapter 2.1 Influenza

 NEWS

Weekly influenza surveillance overview week 19: influenza season is coming to its end in Europe
17 May 2012
Weekly influenza surveillance overview week 18: influenza season coming to its end in Europe
11 May 2012
High standard of influenza virus detection and typing maintained across influenza reference laboratories in EU/EEA
08 May 2012
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 PUBLICATIONS

Communicable disease threats report, 13-19 May 2012, week 20
21 May 2012
Weekly influenza surveillance overview, 17 May 2012 - week 19
17 May 2012
Weekly influenza surveillance overview, 11 May 2012 - week 18
11 May 2012
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 SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES

Reproducibility of serology assays for influenza A(H1N1)2009pdm
23 Apr 2012
Association of childhood narcolepsy and cataplexy and receipt of a pandemic influenza vaccine in Finland in 2009-10 – First papers in a peer review journal
30 Mar 2012
Ferrets as experimental models of influenza in humans
07 Mar 2012
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 PUBLIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENTS

Report on the association between the 2009 pandemic vaccine (Pandemrix®) and narcolepsy – Republic of Ireland
19 Apr 2012
Lower than usual: early influenza vaccine effectiveness in parts of Europe in season 2011/12
13 Apr 2012
Controversial research on modifying A(H5N1) influenza viruses in the laboratory
04 Apr 2012
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 EVENTS

Second Joint ECDC/WHO Europe influenza meeting
06 Mar 2012
Training workshop on vaccine safety for Member States, building on the experience obtained in the ECDC vaccine safety project VAESCO
20 Feb 2012
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