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. 2019 Sep 13;13(3):391–401. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.07.018

Table 2.

Comparison of selected indicators of influenza surveillance system, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, between 2011 and 2018.

2011
2018
P value
Number Median value (IQR) Number Median value (IQR)
Number of SARI patients enrolled at influenza sentinel sites 31,179 357 (260–786) 111,228 2039 (1140–3001) <0.001
Number of influenza specimens tested and reported to FluNet/EMFLU 30,670 351 (253–776 109,607 2016 (1115–2956) <0.001
The proportion of influenza positive cases detected 20.64% 10.60% (5.8–19.8) 20.07% 16.37% (8.3–22) <0.001
The number of seasonal influenza virus samples sent to WHO CCs for vaccine strain selection 142 11 (4–16) 1473 89 (82–174) <0.001