Monitoring of influenza in the EISS European network member countries from October 2000 to April 2001

J C Manuguerra; A Mosnier; W J Paget; on behalf of EISS participants

doi:10.2807/esm.06.09.00319-en

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Monitoring of influenza in the EISS European network member countries from October 2000 to April 2001
J C Manuguerra¹ , A Mosnier² , W J Paget³ , on behalf of EISS participants ⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for the reference and research on influenza virus and other respiratory viruses, National Influenza Centre for Northern France, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ² National Coordination of the Regional Groups for the Observation of Influenza, OPEN/ROME, Paris, France ³ European Influenza Surveillance Scheme coordination centre, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel), Utrecht, Netherlands ⁴ The EISS participants are listed at the end of the article

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Citation style for this article: J C Manuguerra, Mosnier A, Paget W J, on behalf of EISS participants . Monitoring of influenza in the EISS European network member countries from October 2000 to April 2001. Euro Surveill. 2001;6(9):pii=319. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.06.09.00319-en

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Abstract

In countries covered by the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS), the 2000-2001 winter was marked mainly by the spread of influenza A(H1N1) viruses. Influenza B, which globally represented a minority of cases, was common later in the season and predo-minant in Great Britain, Ireland, and Portugal. Influenza activity was at its maximum during the period of January and February/March 2001 with little time lag between countries (maximum four weeks). Overall, the morbidity rates reported were much lower than for the previous season, illustrating a moderate level of influenza activity.