FluWatch reports:
The Science Section of the, Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC), produces weekly or biweekly FluWatch reports, summarizing influenza surveillance activities in Canada. Weekly reports are produced during the influenza season (October - May) and biweekly reports are produced during the off season (June - September). Influenza surveillance is a collaborative effort between provincial and territorial ministries of health, participating laboratories, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, sentinel practitioners, and CIDPC. For the 2006-2007 season, the FluWatch website includes graphical representation of the data collected through the three main components of the influenza surveillance system: 1) laboratory-based influenza virus identification, 2) influenza-like illness reporting by sentinel physicians across the country and 3) reporting of influenza activity by provincial and territorial epidemiologists. Influenza activity level maps enable the user to select single or dual map views, zoom in to look at the activity levels for a specific province/territory and to view a dynamic map depicting changes in activity levels for user-defined time periods. Additional information on laboratory detections of influenza and other respiratory viruses can be found on the Division of Disease Surveillance website for Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations.
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Last Updated: 2006-12-08 |