UK Medicines Information
Surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses in the UK: Winter 2018 to 2019
Information type:
Population intelligence
Source:
Public Health England
Specialities:
Infection and infectious diseases | Paediatric and neonatal medicine | Respiratory disorders | Vaccination
Summary
This report describes influenza activity experienced in the UK in the period from week 40 2018 to week 15 2019. This includes observations and commentary from the childhood vaccination programme and activity of other seasonal and novel respiratory viruses.
UKMi comment
The report notes that while the overall success rate of the vaccine programme against all flu strains for all age groups during the 2018–2019 flu season was 44.3%, this rose to 62.0% in people aged over 65 years who received the new adjuvanted flu vaccine.
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