Table 1.
Laboratory‐confirmed influenza samples reported in each country by virus type, subtype and lineage. The WHO FluNet database, 2010‐2016
| Country | Population (million) | Latitude a | Longitude a | No. of seasonsb | Influenza (any type) | A(H3N2) | A(H1N1)pdm2009 | A other/not subtyped | B Victoria | B Yamagata | B not characterized | Median % A (min, max) | Median % B (min, max) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 33.3 | 33° N | 65° E | 1 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 91.9 (‐) | 8.1 (‐) |
| Algeria | 40.3 | 28° N | 3° E | 6 | 1832 | 503 | 709 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 578 | 82.5 (45.0‐99.5) | 17.5 (0.5‐55.0) |
| Armenia | 3.1 | 40° N | 45° E | 1 | 632 | 0 | 627 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 (‐) | 0.0 (‐) |
| Bahrain | 1.4 | 26° N | 50° E | 4 | 1022 | 86 | 694 | 74 | 17 | 59 | 92 | 76.3 (71.4‐88.8) | 23.7 (11.2‐28.6) |
| Egypt | 94.7 | 27° N | 30° E | 6 | 9997 | 2046 | 5297 | 449 | 10 | 11 | 2184 | 73.8 (62.0‐96.4) | 26.2 (3.6‐38.0) |
| Georgia | 4.9 | 42° N | 43° E | 6 | 1894 | 305 | 932 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 629 | 80.6 (14.9‐96.1) | 19.4 (3.9‐85.1) |
| Iran | 82.8 | 32° N | 53° E | 6 | 8315 | 1893 | 4184 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2234 | 67.5 (44.0‐90.5) | 32.5 (9.5‐56.0) |
| Iraq | 38.1 | 33° N | 44° E | 4 | 1672 | 36 | 1190 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 98.2 (77.1‐100.0) | 1.8 (0.0‐22.9) |
| Israel | 8.2 | 31° N | 34° E | 6 | 7081 | 1168 | 2213 | 1793 | 0 | 0 | 1907 | 72.7 (53.6‐93.2) | 27.3 (6.8‐46.4) |
| Jordan | 8.2 | 31° N | 36° E | 6 | 1685 | 382 | 929 | 4 | 97 | 61 | 212 | 86.3 (38.5‐99.1) | 13.7 (0.9‐61.5) |
| Lebanon | 6.2 | 33° N | 35° E | 2 | 302 | 38 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 35.4 (21.6‐49.2) | 64.6 (50.8‐78.4) |
| Morocco | 33.7 | 32° N | 5° W | 5 | 1178 | 370 | 412 | 2 | 28 | 34 | 332 | 60.4 (32.7‐94.8) | 39.6 (5.2‐67.3) |
| Oman | 3.4 | 21° N | 57° E | 6 | 5021 | 949 | 2186 | 477 | 0 | 76 | 1333 | 73.4 (60.2‐90.1) | 26.6 (9.9‐39.8) |
| Pakistan | 202.0 | 30° N | 70° E | 6 | 2273 | 369 | 964 | 466 | 66 | 73 | 335 | 77.6 (50.9‐89.9) | 22.4 (10.1‐49.1) |
| Qatar | 2.3 | 25° N | 51° E | 6 | 11 581 | 84 | 5220 | 3815 | 0 | 1 | 2461 | 77.7 (65.4‐86.8) | 22.3 (13.2‐34.6) |
| Tunisia | 11.1 | 34° N | 9° E | 6 | 1462 | 381 | 706 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 297 | 80.4 (56.0‐95.9) | 19.6 (4.1‐44.0) |
| Turkey | 80.3 | 39° N | 35° E | 6 | 14 511 | 4225 | 6792 | 40 | 89 | 2 | 3363 | 76.0 (49.2‐97.2) | 24.0 (2.8‐50.8) |
| Total | 654.0 | 21° N ‐ 42° N | 5° W ‐ 70° E | 83 | 70 532 | 12 848 | 33 137 | 7567 | 336 | 418 | 16 226 | 76.5 (14.9‐100.0) | 23.5 (0.0‐85.1) |
a
Latitude and longitude of the country centroid (if available) or largest city.
b
A season was defined as the period between 1 July of one year and 30 June of next year. Only seasons with 50 or more reported influenza cases and 20 or more weeks of data reporting were included. See text for more details.