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  • Mreža za epidemiološko sledenje gripe in drugih akutnih okužb dihal = Sentinel surveillance system of influenza and other acute respiratory infections
    Sočan, Maja
    Sentinel surveillance system of influenza was introduced in autumn 1999 in Slovenia. The number of patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) and other acute respiratory infections (ARI) was reported ... weekly by sentinel primary care physicians. Pharyngeal swabs were collected in limited number of patientswith clinical symptoms compatible with influenza. The highest incidence rate of ILI was observed in week 4 (611 per 100.000 inhabitants) andin week 3 of the year 2000 for ARI (2723 per 100.000 inhabitants). At first, the number of ILI patients increased in Koper and Nova Gorica region. Children younger than three years were the most affected age group. Antigen ofinfluenza A virus was confirmed in 38 (20.8%) of patients out of 218 tested.The isolated virus was antigenically close to the vaccine variant and to other viral strains isolated in Europe as confirmed by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in London. This season, no influenza B virus or respiratory syncytial virus was isolated.
    Source: Zdravstveno varstvo : Slovenian journal of public health. - ISSN 0351-0026 (Letn. 39, št. 9-10, 2000, str. 221-224)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2000
    Language - slovenian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 12532697