Seasonal influenza activity based on laboratory surveillance in Malaysia, 2011-2016

• Main Authors: Sam, I-Ching, Noraini, Wan, Sandhu, Sukhvinder Singh, Norizah, Ismail, Selvanesan, Sengol, Thayan, Ravindran, Yusof, Mohd Apandi, Hassan, Ardalinah, Jafar, Faizatul Lela, Chan, Yoke Fun
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23543/; https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25313
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Influenza seasonality in equatorial countries is little understood. Seasonal and alert influenza thresholds were determined for Malaysia, using laboratory-based data obtained from the Malaysia Influenza Surveillance System and a major teaching hospital, from 2011 to 2016. Influenza was present year-...