Epidemiological Characteristics of Influenza in Zhushan County from 2017 to 2022
Du Fei
Ruan Yingyong
Zhang Hua
Luo Qin
He Anping
Sun Changxi
Liu Benjin
Yang Qunying
Abstract：OBJECTIVE To analyze the epidemic characteristics and trends of influenza in Zhushan County of Hubei Province,and to provide scientific basis for relevant departments to formulate prevention and control strategies.METHODS The influenza epidemic data from 2017 to 2022 in Zhushan County,Hubei province,were derived from the Chinese disease control and prevention system and analyzed using descriptive epidemiological methods.RESULTS A total of 7 788 influenza cases were reported in Zhushan County from 2017 to 2022,with an average annual reported incidence of 286.07/105.No deaths were reported.In 2019,the reported incidence rate was the highest(690.48/105)and the lowest(35.82/105)in the 2021.Cases of influenza disease were reported in all townships of the county,with the peak in January,followed by February and March,the age of onset mainly concentrated in the 0～9 age group,with a decreasing trend with age,the reported incidence rate of male was significantly higher than that of female.CONCLUSION The influenza is still an acute infectious disease that poses a serious threat to the health of Zhushan County residents.The relevant departments should step up publicity on the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases and educate the residents to form good health habits,to step up the vaccination of influenza vaccine among the 0～9 year-old population,to improve the overall immune barrier of the population,to strengthen the surveillance of the epidemic situation,and to detect and dispose the influenza of outbreaks in a timely manner so as to influenza the spread and prevalence of the virus.
Keywords：influenzaepidemic characteristicsanalysiscontrol countermeasures
Publication Date：2024-07-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 44-47 )