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Table 1 Influenza activity (positivity, circulating types and subtypes) among patients seen as outpatients and presenting with ILI in Ethiopia, 2009–2015

From: Epidemiology of influenza in Ethiopia: findings from influenza sentinel surveillance and respiratory infection outbreak investigations, 2009–2015

Characteristic

Samples Collected

Samples Tested

Influenza Positive

Influenza types and subtypes

A

A(H1N1) pdm2009

A(H3N2)

B

N

N (%) a

N (%)b

N (%)c

N (%)c

N (%)c

N (%)c

All cases

3369

3323 (99)

891 (27)

579 (65)

264 (30)

315 (35)

312 (35)

Year

 2009

64

40 (63)

8 (20)

6 (75)

2 (25)

4 (50)

2 (25)

 2010

80

80 (100)

4 (5)

4 (100)

4 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 2011

61

61 (100)

19 (31)

8 (42)

2 (11)

6 (32)

11 (58)

 2012

797

792 (99)

211 (27)

174 (82)

160 (76)

14 (7)

37 (18)

 2013

1047

1043 (100)

347 (33)

214 (62)

22 (6)

192 (55)

133 (38)

 2014

797

792 (99)

228 (29)

132 (58)

41 (18)

91 (40)

96 (42)

 2015

523

515 (98)

74 (14)

41 (55)

33 (45)

8 (11)

33 (45)

Age

  < 2

191

186 (97)

23 (12)

18 (78)

10 (43)

8 (35)

5 (22)

 2–4

228

222 (97)

41 (18)

26 (63)

16 (39)

10 (24)

15 (37)

 5–14

1013

997 (98)

331 (33)

198 (60)

84 (25)

114 (34)

133 (40)

 15–49

1720

1705 (99)

453 (27)

312 (69)

147 (32)

165 (36)

141 (31)

 50–64

153

149 (97)

34 (23)

20 (59)

6 (18)

14 (41)

14 (41)

  > =65

48

48 (100)

9 (19)

5 (56)

1 (11)

4 (44)

4 (44)

 Missed

16

16 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Sex

 Female

2025

1993 (98)

521 (26)

325 (62)

147 (28)

178 (34)

196 (38)

 Male

1344

1330 (99)

370 (28)

254 (69)

117 (32)

137 (37)

116 (31)

Site

 Akaki HC

244

242 (99)

53 (22)

30 (57)

18 (34)

12 (23)

23 (43)

 Kolfe HC

1366

1360 (100)

344 (25)

216 (63)

103 (30)

113 (33)

128 (37)

 Shiromeda HC

1759

1721 (98)

494 (29)

333 (67)

143 (29)

190 (38)

161 (33)

  1. aDenominator is the number who were sampled
  2. bDenominator is the number who were tested
  3. cDenominator is the number who tested positive