Surveillance of influenza in the North-West Region of England 2001-02

C M Regan; W Sopwith; M Ashton; Q Syed; M Painter; K Mutton; K Paver

doi:10.2807/esm.07.12.00388-en

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Surveillance of influenza in the North-West Region of England 2001-02
C M Regan¹ , W Sopwith¹ , M Ashton¹ , Q Syed¹ , M Painter² , K Mutton³ , K Paver³
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Affiliations: ¹ Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (North West), Chester, United Kingdom ² Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit, Manchester, United Kingdom ³ Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

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Citation style for this article: Regan C M, Sopwith W, Ashton M, Syed Q, Painter M, Mutton K, Paver K. Surveillance of influenza in the North-West Region of England 2001-02. Euro Surveill. 2002;7(12):pii=388. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.07.12.00388-en

Abstract

A local sentinel network of general practitioners has been established in the north west of England for the surveillance of influenza. In the 2001–02 winter, consultation rates for influenza-like-illness (ILI) were low but the surveillance network was able to demonstrate sub-regional variations in the timing of peak influenza activity, and the infection of different age groups. This suggests the network can contribute to better planning to winter pressures on the North West health service.