Pandemic Influenza Virus Surveillance, Izu-Oshima Island, Japan

Abstract

A population-based influenza surveillance study (using PCR virus subtyping) on Izu-Oshima Island, Japan, found that the cumulative incidence of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections 2 seasons after the pandemic was highest for those 10–14 years of age (43.1%). No postpandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 case-patients had been infected with A(H1N1)pdm09 virus during the pandemic season.

Keywords

• Influenza
• pandemic
• surveillance
• A(H1N1)pdm09
• Izu-Ohshima
• island