Flu News Europe has published an update for Week 46 (14-20 November 2016). Click or tap through for maps. Excerpt:
• Influenza activity remained at baseline intensity levels in the region.
• The total number of virus detections among sentinel surveillance specimens increased to 10%, reaching a threshold indicative of increasing regional activity.
• The majority of viruses detected this week were influenza A(H3N2).
Season overview
• This is the earliest that the 10% positivity has been reached since the emergence of A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses in the 2009-2010 influenza season, while in the last five seasons it was passed between weeks 49 and 51.
• Since week 40/2016, influenza A viruses have predominated, with most of those subtyped being A(H3N2).
• Few influenza-confirmed cases have been reported from hospital settings so far.
