Volume 8, Number 1—January 2002
Research
Enhancing Public Health Surveillance for Influenza Virus by Incorporating Newly Available Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Paul V. Effler
, Man-Cheng Ieong, Tammy Tom, and Michele Nakata
, Man-Cheng Ieong, Tammy Tom, and Michele Nakata
Table 2
Number of influenza cultures performed at 37 World Health Organization collaborating virology laboratories located throughout the United States (excluding Hawaii), aggregated by region and compiled by influenza season
| Influenza season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | Change from 1998-1999 to 1999-2000 | |
| Hawaii | 306 | 396 | 1,112 | 181% |
| Regional U.S. totals | ||||
| East South Central | 190 | 339 | 424 | 25% |
| West North Central | 7,225 | 7,218 | 8,663 | 20% |
| Mountain | 4,456 | 5,531 | 6,471 | 17% |
| Mid-Atlantic | 3,421 | 3,785 | 4,191 | 11% |
| Pacific (excl. Hawaii) | 2,288 | 3,214 | 3,353 | 4% |
| South Atlantic | 8,510 | 8,637 | 8,368 | -3% |
| West South Central | 1,040 | 2,291 | 2,173 | -5% |
| New England | 1,308 | 1,720 | 1,555 | -10% |
| East North Central | 3,917 | 4,041 | 3,572 | -12% |
| Total for laboratories outside Hawaii | 32,355 | 36,776 | 38,770 | 5% |
a Data for the 2000-2001 season were not yet available at the time this report was compiled.
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