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. 2019 Jan 18;13(2):148–157. doi: 10.1111/irv.12620

Table 1.

Characteristics of influenza epidemics in primary care detected by the Sentinelles network, 1984/85 to 2016/17, France

Epidemic Starting week Ending week Duration (weeks) Peak week Cumulated incidence [95% CI] (in million cases) Cumulated incidence rates [95% CI] (cases per 100 000 population) Peak incidence rate (cases per 100 000 population) Dominant or co‐dominant virus(es) B lineage
1984/85 1985w03 1985w14 12 1985w05 4.3 [3.9; 4.7] 7758 [7072; 8444] 1155 A(H3N2)a
1985/86 1986w02 1986w12 11 1986w07 3.4 [3.1; 3.7] 6160 [5663; 6657] 886 A(H3N2)a , b
1986/87 1987w04 1987w09 6 1987w06 1.3 [1.2; 1.4] 2415 [2244; 2586] 533 A(H1N1)a
1987/88 1988w09 1988w15 7 1988w11 1.4 [1.3; 1.4] 2432 [2280; 2584] 566 Ba Victoria
1988/89 1988w46 1989w02 9 1988w50 4.6 [4.4; 4.8] 8227 [7920; 8534] 1793 A(H1N1)a
1989/90 1989w48 1990w06 11 1989w51 4.6 [4.4; 4.9] 8207 [7765; 8649] 1463 A(H3N2)a
1990/91 1991w06 1991w10 5 1991w08 0.8 [0.7; 0.9] 1386 [1256; 1516] 381 Ba Yamagata
1991/92 1991w49 1992w06 10 1991w51 2 [1.8; 2.2] 3542 [3236; 3848] 666 A(H3N2)b
1992/93 1993w03 1993w13 11 1993w06 1.9 [1.7; 2] 3268 [3048; 3488] 500 Bb Victoria
1993/94 1993w46 1994w01 8 1993w49 3.1 [3; 3.2] 5402 [5176; 5628] 1565 A(H3N2)a , b
1994/95 1995w11 1995w18 8 1995w14 1.1 [1; 1.2] 1925 [1782; 2068] 431 A(H3N2),Ba Yamagata
1995/96 1995w47 1996w02 8 1995w51 2.8 [2.7; 2.9] 4818 [4594; 5042] 1299 A(H1N1),A(H3N2)a
1996/97 1996w48 1997w05 10 1996w51 3 [2.8; 3.2] 5175 [4905; 5445] 1106 A(H3N2)a
1997/98 1998w06 1998w17 12 1998w14 2.4 [2.2; 2.6] 4178 [3848; 4508] 547 A(H3N2)a
1998/99 1998w53 1999w11 12 1999w07 3.3 [3; 3.5] 5581 [5173; 5989] 896 A(H3N2)a
1999/00 1999w49 2000w06 10 2000w01 3.3 [3.1; 3.5] 5593 [5204; 5982] 922 A(H3N2)a
2000/01 2000w50 2001w07 10 2001w05 1.6 [1.4; 1.7] 2629 [2310; 2948] 471 A(H1N1)a
2001/02 2002w01 2002w08 8 2002w04 2.3 [2.1; 2.5] 3893 [3509; 4277] 848 A(H3N2)a
2002/03 2003w05 2003w15 11 2003w07 1.5 [1.3; 1.7] 2533 [2151; 2915] 396 Ba Victoria
2003/04 2003w45 2004w01 9 2003w49 2.8 [2.5; 3.1] 4667 [4168; 5166] 928 A(H3N2)c
2004/05 2005w03 2005w12 10 2005w06 3.1 [2.9; 3.3] 5106 [4708; 5504] 939 A(H3N2)a , c
2005/06 2006w04 2006w13 10 2006w06 1.6 [1.4; 1.8] 2598 [2312; 2884] 421 A(H1N1),Ba , c Victoria
2006/07 2007w03 2007w09 7 2007w06 2.1 [1.9; 2.3] 3398 [3100; 3696] 815 A(H3N2)a , c
2007/08 2008w02 2008w10 9 2008w06 2.1 [1.9; 2.3] 3468 [3168; 3768] 615 A(H1N1),Ba , c Yamagata
2008/09 2008w51 2009w08 10 2009w04 2.8 [2.5; 3.1] 4459 [3993; 4925] 868 A(H3N2)c
2009/10 2009w37 2009w52 16 2009w49 3.5 [3.2; 3.8] 5515 [5043; 5987] 754 A(H1N1)pdm09a , c
2010/11 2010w51 2011w07 9 2011w01 2.2 [2; 2.4] 3491 [3231; 3751] 490 A(H1N1)pdm09, Ba , c Victoria
2011/12 2012w05 2012w12 8 2012w08 1.4 [1.3; 1.6] 2276 [2060; 2492] 452 A(H3N2)a , c
2012/13 2012w51 2013w11 13 2013w05 3.5 [3.3; 3.8] 5531 [5124; 5938] 770 Ba , c Yamagata
2013/14 2014w05 2014w09 5 2014w07 0.8 [0.7; 0.9] 1284 [1163; 1405] 325 A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2)a
2014/15 2015w03 2015w11 9 2015w06 2.8 [2.7; 3] 4413 [4171; 4655] 827 A(H3N2)a
2015/16 2016w04 2016w14 11 2016w11 2.3 [2.1; 2.4] 3465 [3220; 3710] 467 Ba Victoria
2016/17 2016w50 2017w05 8 2017w03 1.8 [1.7; 1.9] 2720 [2535; 2905] 410 A(H3N2)a

Data source used for determination of virological dominance and co‐dominance by influenza epidemic in France:

a

French national public health agency.

b

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

c

Mosnier et al.12