WHO: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 109: 16 July 2010

The WHO continues to issue weekly updates and occasional briefing notes on the H1N1 pandemic at http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 109
Weekly update
16 July 2010

As of 12 July, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18337deaths…

Situation update:
Worldwide, overall pandemic influenza activity remains low. The most active areas of pandemic influenza virus transmission currently are in parts of South Asia, West Africa, and Central America. In the temperate zone of the southern hemisphere, pandemic and seasonal influenza activity has remained low during the first half of the southern hemisphere winter, except in South Africa, where increased detections of primarily seasonal influenza viruses (type B and H3N2) were reported during late June and early July 2010. Seasonal influenza H3N2 viruses continue to circulate at varying levels across parts of the Americas, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Increased seasonal influenza activity continues to be observed in several countries of Central America…

More at: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_07_16/en/index.html

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