Publication of the EISS Annual Report: 2000-01 Influenza Season

The European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) recently posted its 2000-01 annual report to its website (www.eiss.org) (1). EISS is a pan-European influenza surveillance scheme that covers 18 countries (20 surveillance networks) with a total population of 447 million, more than 10 600 sentinel physicians, and 25 national influenza reference laboratories.