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1. Influenza comes every winter and affects many people
Influenza is a contagious disease with sometime serious outcomes. However it is often preventable. Understanding how it infects and how one can prevent infection and disease is key to reducing the number of illnesses, hospitalisations and premature deaths. Read more...

2. The hard facts are often overlooked: Influenza remains a threat
Annual influenza epidemics are associated with high morbidity and mortality. ECDC estimates that on average nearly 40,000 people die prematurely each year from influenza in the EU. For each death there are many more hospitalisations resulting from complications. Read more...

3. Prevention makes a difference
Flu transmits easily from person to person. It does this through the air or from contaminated hands or surfaces. The risk of getting or causing infection is easily reduced by following some simple logical rules of prevention. Immunisation in particular decreases the risk of a person being infected. Hence proper use of flu vaccines is the most effective form of protection of the individual. Read more...

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 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA

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 NEWS

Influenza activity increases in Europe
10 Feb 2012
Weekly surveillance overview report: increasing geographic spread of influenza in Europe
03 Feb 2012
Influenza activity is slowly increasing in countries scattered across Europe
27 Jan 2012
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 PUBLICATIONS

Weekly influenza surveillance overview, 30 January-5 February 2012 - Week 5
10 Feb 2012
Weekly influenza surveillance overview, 23-29 January 2012 - Week 4
03 Feb 2012
Weekly influenza surveillance overview, 16-22 January 2012 - Week 3
27 Jan 2012
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 SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES

Facemasks and good hand hygiene to reduce influenza transmission in households – Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in Germany
06 Feb 2012
Application of Virological Risk Assessments: US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sponsors clinical trials of a vaccine targeted to a novel A(H3N2)v influenza strain
17 Jan 2012
The importance of analyses of antigenic match and monitoring influenza vaccine effectiveness
17 Jan 2012
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 PUBLIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENTS

Sentinel Surveillance for Severe Influenza in England (United Kingdom)
03 Feb 2012
United Kingdom – recent official seasonal influenza publications
09 Jan 2012
French Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response plan
13 Dec 2011
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 EVENTS

Molecular surveillance strategy for human influenza
17 Nov 2011
Workshop on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
17 Nov 2011
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