Epidemiological and Virological Characteristics of Influenza in Chongqing, China, 2011-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chongqing is the largest municipality and located in Southwestern of China, with over 30 million registered inhabitants. There are few reports regarding the epidemiology of influenza in Chongqing. The objective of the paper is to explore the epidemiology of influenza in Chongqing, in order to provide scientific basis for prevention and control of influenza.

Methodology /principal findings

From 2011 to 2015, we collected information on influenza-like illness (ILI) patients fulfilling the case definition, and took nasalpharyngeal or throat swabs specimens from ILI cases per week at the 7 sentinel hospitals. Specimens were tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) for influenza. Descriptive epidemiology was applied to analyze the epidemiology

SUBMITTER: Qi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5148009 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature