Table 1. Laboratory-confirmed influenza samples reported in each country by virus type, subtype and lineage, FluNet database, WHO European Region, 1999–2015 (n = 649,620).
| Country | Number of seasons a | Influenza cases | A(H3N2) | Pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 | Pre-pandemic A(H1N1) | A not subtyped | B Victoria | B Yamagata | B not characterised | Median % A (min, max) b | Median % B (min, max) b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 3 | 421 | 183 | 178 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 49 | NA | NA |
| Austria | 10 | 7,384 | 1,673 | 1,546 | 64 | 2,437 | 0 | 0 | 1,664 | 91.4 (42.5–100) | 8.6 (0–57.5) |
| Belarus | 5 | 2,653 | 462 | 1,279 | 0 | 315 | 0 | 11 | 586 | 79.0 (65.0–92.0) | 21.0 (8.0–35.0) |
| Belgium | 13 | 8,525 | 1,837 | 2,201 | 393 | 2,615 | 20 | 384 | 1,075 | 87.6 (45.2–100) | 12.4 (0–54.8) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 681 | 57 | 477 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 11 | NA | NA |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 2,159 | 514 | 1,154 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 54 | 385 | 86.6 (12.8–100) | 13.4 (0–87.2) |
| Croatia | 12 | 8,086 | 1,561 | 3,438 | 79 | 2,217 | 0 | 0 | 791 | 88.9 (63.4–100) | 11.1 (0–36.6) |
| Czech Republic | 12 | 4,972 | 909 | 1,698 | 223 | 1,181 | 7 | 2 | 952 | 79.2 (17.0–99.9) | 20.8 (0.1–83.0) |
| Denmark | 10 | 11,598 | 2,261 | 3,760 | 52 | 2,880 | 400 | 768 | 1,477 | 82.6 (19.0–100) | 17.4 (0–81.0) |
| Estonia | 8 | 5,011 | 430 | 1,646 | 137 | 1,942 | 0 | 25 | 831 | 88.8 (54.8–100) | 11.2 (0–45.2) |
| Finland | 16 | 5,776 | 1,189 | 876 | 284 | 2,486 | 45 | 44 | 852 | 88.5 (26.2–100) | 11.5 (0–73.8) |
| France | 16 | 86,328 | 8,562 | 29,874 | 389 | 32,220 | 380 | 1,115 | 13,788 | 80.0 (45.5–99.9) | 20.0 (0.1–54.5) |
| Georgia | 6 | 2,724 | 271 | 1,802 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 636 | 80.6 (16.2–99.4) | 19.4 (0.6–83.8) |
| Germany | 16 | 23,002 | 9,865 | 4,231 | 2,142 | 2,421 | 1,144 | 1,215 | 1,984 | 83.8 (2.2–99.8) | 16.2 (0.2–97.8) |
| Greece | 11 | 18,058 | 1,644 | 14,489 | 259 | 97 | 197 | 85 | 1,287 | 86.7 (22.0–99.9) | 13.3 (0.1–78.0) |
| Hungary | 6 | 4,176 | 950 | 2,546 | 0 | 129 | 7 | 79 | 465 | 85.0 (48.8–100) | 15.0 (0–51.2) |
| Iceland | 6 | 1,086 | 490 | 252 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 83.0 (18.8–100) | 17.0 (0–81.2) |
| Ireland | 9 | 12,764 | 3,433 | 6,621 | 85 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 2,084 | 76.7 (38.8–99.9) | 23.3 (0.1–61.2) |
| Israel | 16 | 15,131 | 1,856 | 8,658 | 387 | 2,459 | 4 | 0 | 1,767 | 78.4 (13.2–99.9) | 21.6 (0.1–86.8) |
| Italy | 16 | 24,176 | 5,180 | 13,878 | 412 | 1,733 | 9 | 180 | 2,784 | 93.8 (17.1–99.6) | 6.2 (0.4–82.9) |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 2,491 | 1,233 | 454 | 11 | 208 | 0 | 5 | 580 | 74.9 (59.0–97.2)) | 25.1 (2.8–41.0) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 256 | 0 | 207 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 4 | NA | NA |
| Latvia | 16 | 15,304 | 2,233 | 1,812 | 519 | 7,046 | 35 | 161 | 3,498 | 87.7 (34.0–100) | 12.3 (0–66.0) |
| Lithuania | 5 | 2,677 | 415 | 1,464 | 1 | 363 | 0 | 39 | 395 | 77.6 (69.8–100) | 22.4 (0–30.2) |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 3,838 | 507 | 1,762 | 59 | 593 | 0 | 93 | 824 | 78.6 (49.3–99.7) | 21.4 (0.3–50.7) |
| Malta | 2 | 478 | 1 | 162 | 0 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 131 | NA | NA |
| Republic of Moldova | 5 | 3,281 | 230 | 2,681 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 363 | 72.8 (52.2–100) | 27.2 (0–47.8) |
| The Netherlands | 8 | 11,514 | 3,697 | 4,132 | 14 | 1,678 | 152 | 975 | 866 | 88.8 (59.1–99.7) | 11.2 (0.3–40.9) |
| Norway | 16 | 64,054 | 4,260 | 14,392 | 454 | 27,362 | 621 | 2,202 | 14,763 | 78.9 (30.3–99.4) | 21.1 (0.6–69.7) |
| Poland | 6 | 6,433 | 103 | 3,912 | 12 | 1,611 | 11 | 0 | 784 | 84.3 (63.6–98.7) | 15.7 (1.3–36.4) |
| Portugal | 16 | 8,558 | 2,451 | 3,057 | 290 | 973 | 17 | 608 | 1,162 | 89.2 (2.2–100) | 10.8 (0–97.8) |
| Romania | 14 | 10,766 | 1,764 | 6,751 | 579 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 1,611 | 71.6 (13.1–100) | 28.4 (0–86.9) |
| Russian Federation | 15 | 82,364 | 20,143 | 39,837 | 2,979 | 2,952 | 5 | 29 | 16,419 | 78.2 (3.2–93.2) | 21.8 (6.8–96.8) |
| Serbia | 6 | 2,053 | 434 | 1,326 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 264 | 92.7 (52.9–100) | 7.3 (0–47.1) |
| Slovakia | 6 | 2,237 | 211 | 1,228 | 28 | 260 | 44 | 239 | 227 | 70.2 (45.4–100) | 29.8 (0–54.6) |
| Slovenia | 13 | 5,919 | 1,763 | 2,177 | 232 | 448 | 383 | 579 | 337 | 93.7 (16.0–99.6) | 6.3 (0.4–84.0) |
| Spain | 12 | 42,830 | 10,106 | 15,688 | 518 | 7,360 | 4 | 26 | 9,128 | 81.7 (24.8–100) | 18.3 (0–75.2) |
| Sweden | 14 | 54,336 | 4,613 | 18,029 | 80 | 20,156 | 282 | 380 | 10,796 | 90.8 (36.1–99.7) | 9.2 (0.3–63.9) |
| Switzerland | 15 | 17,588 | 1,969 | 3,456 | 234 | 7,680 | 652 | 465 | 3,132 | 77.8 (18.7–99.8) | 22.2 (0.2–81.3) |
| Turkey | 9 | 14,294 | 2,004 | 9,673 | 3 | 166 | 97 | 6 | 2,345 | 72.4 (29.9–99.9) | 27.6 (0.1–70.1) |
| Ukraine | 8 | 6,007 | 711 | 2,366 | 50 | 1,290 | 2 | 32 | 1,556 | 76.5 (35.7–99.0) | 23.5 (1.0–64.3) |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 47,526 | 11,846 | 9,498 | 1,321 | 12,965 | 461 | 809 | 10,626 | 86.7 (31.2–100) | 13.3 (0–68.8) |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 105 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | NA | NA |
| WHO European Region | 417 | 649,620 | 114,056 | 244,671 | 12,300 | 149,339 | 5,005 | 10,620 | 113,629 | 82.6% | 17.4% |
NA: not applicable (countries with three or fewer seasons with data); WHO: World Health Organization.
a Only seasons with 100 or more reported influenza cases were included.
b Not reported if there were fewer than five seasons of data.