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. 2019 Feb 14;19:160. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3783-z

Table 1.

Samples processed and positive for influenza by season

Season Sourcea Samples processed Influenza-positive Influenza A cases Influenza B cases
n % n %b n %b
2000–2001 Total 509 59 11.6 50 84.7 9 15.3
2001–2002 Total 536 24 4.5 19 79.2 5 20.8
2002–2003 Total 393 97 24.7 55 56.7 42 43.3
2003–2004 Total 315 41 13.0 40 97.6 1 2.4
2004–2005 Total 827 155 18.7 115 74.2 40 25.8
2005–2006 Total 731 134 18.3 8 6.0 126 94.0
2006–2007 Total 723 118 16.3 118 100.0 0 0.0
2007–2008 Total 729 197 27.0 135 68.5 62 31.5
2008–2009 Total 781 205 26.2 157 76.6 48 23.4
2009–2010 Sentinel 676 211 31.2 210 99.5 1 0.5
Non-sentinel 3188 1064 33.4 1064 100.0 0 0.0
Total 3864 1275 33.0 1274 99.9 1 0.1
2010–2011 Sentinel 535 211 39.4 140 66.4 71 33.6
Non-sentinel 590 233 39.5 205 88.0 28 12.0
Total 1125 444 39.5 345 77.7 99 22.3
2011–2012 Sentinel 578 151 26.1 117 77.5 34 22.5
Non-sentinel 365 102 27.9 84 82.4 18 17.6
Total 943 253 26.8 201 79.4 52 20.6
2012–2013 Sentinel 543 241 44.4 163 67.6 78 32.4
Non-sentinel 1882 938 49.8 737 78.6 201 21.4
Total 2425 1179 48.6 900 76.3 279 23.7
2013–2014 Sentinel 415 22 5.3 19 86.4 3 13.6
Non-sentinel 203 11 5.4 11 100.0 0 0.0
Total 618 33 5.3 30 90.9 3 9.1
2014–2015 Sentinel 471 216 45.9 126 58.3 90 41.7
Non-sentinel 651 308 47.3 213 69.2 95 30.8
Total 1122 524 46.7 339 64.7 185 35.3
2015–2016 Sentinel 492 139 28.3 70 50.4 69 49.6
Non-sentinel 807 267 33.1 188 70.4 79 29.6
Total 1299 406 31.3 258 63.5 148 36.5
All seasons Total 16,940 5144 30.4 4044 78.6 1100 21.4

aUntil 2009, sentinel and non-sentinel samples were reported together

bProportion of influenza-positive cases