Influenza Epidemiological Bulletin, Epidemiological Week 38, 2020, Haiti
- Sentinel sites reported 126,989 influenza-like illness cases from week 1 to week 38 of 2020.
- Influenza detections for the year to date split 75.47% influenza A and 24.53% influenza B.
- Syndromic reporting came from 690 sentinel sites through the MESI system, and virological testing from 7 etiologic surveillance sites.
- The heaviest reporting department was Ouest (n=34,341) and Sud (n=17,360).
- Sample counts and weekly positivity appear only as unlabelled chart series, so no figure for them is recorded here.
Syndromic reporting came from 690 sentinel sites through the MESI system, and virological testing from 7 etiologic surveillance sites. Sentinel sites reported 126,989 influenza-like illness cases from week 1 to week 38 of 2020. The heaviest reporting department was Ouest (n=34,341) and Sud (n=17,360). Leading communes: Croix-des-Bouquets 20.31% (6,973) and Carrefour 19.16% (6,581) in Ouest; Les Cayes 48.95% (8,497) and Aquin 11.1% (1,926) in Sud. Influenza detections for the year to date split 75.47% influenza A and 24.53% influenza B. A table of other respiratory viruses covering week 32 of 2018 to week 52 of 2019 reports adenovirus positivity of 10.6% on 667 samples in 2018 and 6.1% on 363 samples in 2019, with parainfluenza 1 at 4.2% and 1.7%, parainfluenza 2 at 0.3% and 0.0%, parainfluenza 3 at 6.4% and 0.8%, and respiratory syncytial virus at 5.4% and 0.8%. Sample counts and weekly positivity appear only as unlabelled chart series, so no figure for them is recorded here.
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Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), Influenza Epidemiological Bulletin, Epidemiological Week 38, 2020, Haiti, https://mspp.gouv.ht/publications