Influenza
[Flu] In terms of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases - data collection by Robert Koch Institute:Influenza is a disease, which is caused by the influenza virus, transmitted by air via respiratory secretions and characterised by a sudden start, high fever, muscle pain or headache. The virus types relevant for humans are referred to by the letters A and B, the type A itself being divided into sub types. These subtypes are named by the surface antigenes haemagglutinin and neuraminidase, for example A (H3N2). Notifiable are only direct evidences of the influenza virus. The influenza occurs seasonally in so-called flu waves, which in Germany normally begin in January or February.
Selected information about Influenza:
Tables:
- Deaths, Mortality figures (from 1998)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals by place of residence and place of treatment (from 2000)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals by place of residence (from 2000)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals by place of treatment (from 2000)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals (key figures of full-time inpatients)
- Notifiable diseases (starting from 2001)
- Vaccines, preparation (daily doses, costs per dose)
- Vaccines (prescriptions, sales, daily doses)
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