2012–2013 flu season explained

The 2012–2013 flu season was an epidemic flu season in the United States.

United States

By the week ending 29 December 2012, the CDC reported that 29 U.S. states had high numbers of reports of flu.[1] By 13 January, nearly all U.S. states had experienced elevated influenza levels.[2]

In 9 January after the city of Boston received reports of 700 cases of flu and 4 deaths, the city declared a public health emergency.[3] Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said that "people should take the threat of flu seriously" and that people should receive the influenza vaccine and practice health safety.[4]

By 7 January 2013, there were 15,000 cases of flu reported in the state of New York.[5] In the previous year's entire flu season, there were only 4,400 cases in the same region.[5] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a Public Health Emergency, relaxing regulations as to whom pharmacists can immunize.[6]

Vaccination

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommends that all persons in the United States receive an annual influenza vaccine. In January 2013, the CDC reported that the vaccine available in the United States had a 62% vaccine efficacy with a 95% confidence interval of 51%-71%.[7]

China

Influenza A virus subtype H3N2 infections have predominated in China, which since November has reported low levels of flu infection[8] [9]

European Union

The European Union reported low but increasing levels of flu infection in the first week of 2013.[10]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flu picks up steam across the U.S. - CNN.com . Elizabeth . Landau . cnn.com . 10 January 2013 . 10 January 2013.
  2. Web site: A snapshot of influenza in all 50 states - Associated Press . 13 January 2013 . 14 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Flu Outbreak Swamps Hospitals - ABC News . Alex . Perez . abcnews.go.com . 9 January 2013 . 10 January 2013.
  4. News: 700 cases of flu prompt Boston to declare emergency . Elizabeth . Weise . Melanie . Eversley . . 10 January 2013 . . . 0734-7456 . 10 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Flu outbreak in 2013 expected to be among the worst in decade, CDC warns - NY Daily News . Heidi . Evans . nydailynews.com . 7 January 2013 . 10 January 2013.
  6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9799127/New-York-declares-flu-emergency.html New York Declares Flu Emergency
  7. CDC . 18 January 2013 . Early estimates of seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness--United States, January 2013 . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 62 . 2 . 32–35 . 4604840 . 23325354.
  8. Web site: CDC - Seasonal Influenza: International Situation Update . cdc.gov . 16 November 2012 . 11 January 2013.
  9. Web site: Chinese National Influenza Center . cnic.org.cn . 30 December 2012 . 11 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130202070226/http://www.cnic.org.cn/eng/show.php?contentid=624 . 2 February 2013 . dead.
  10. Influenza activity gradually increasing in the WHO European Region . EuroFlu - Weekly Electronic Bulletin . 11 January 2013 . 470 . World Health Organization . 31/12/2012-06/01/2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121227093408/http://www.euroflu.org/cgi-files/bulletin_v2.cgi . 27 December 2012 .

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