Weekly Report 2015 Week 50 (December 13 – December 19) through 2016 Week 50 (December 11 – December 17) Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public and Behavioral Health Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology Brian Sandoval Governor State of Nevada Richard Whitley, MS Director Department of Health and Human Services Cody L. Phinney, MPH Administrator Division of Public and Behavioral Health John DiMuro, DO, MBA Chief Medical Officer Division of Public and Behavioral Health January 2017 Edition 1.0
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Weekly Report 2015 Week 50 (December 13 – December 19) through 2016 Week 50 (December 11 – December 17)
Department of Health and Human Services
Divis ion of Publ ic and Behavioral Health
Office of Publ ic Health Informatics and Epidemiology
Brian Sandoval
Governor
State of Nevada
Richard Whitley, MS
Director
Department of Health and Human Services
Cody L. Phinney, MPH
Administrator
Division of Public and Behavioral Health
John DiMuro, DO, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Division of Public and Behavioral Health
January 2017
Edition 1.0
Influenza Weekly Report v 2016 i 50 (December 11 – December 17, 2016)
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Data for the graphs and tables on the following pages are provisional and may be updated as additional information becomes available.
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of and statistics for the influenza season in Nevada for the local public health authorities, sentinel
Percentage of Visits for ILI Reported to Outpatient ILI Surveillance Network,Comparison Between National, Regional, and State,53 Week Comparison (2015 WK 50 - 2016 WK 50)
Nevada Region 9 NationalNevada Baseline Region 9 Baseline National Baseline
Influenza Weekly Report v 2016 i 50 (December 11 – December 17, 2016)
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Figure 4
Source of Data: CDC: ILINet.
Influenza-like Illness is reported by age groups. During week 50, patients age 5-25 were the greatest number of patients seen with ILI, at 87 patients
seen. The rate for week 50 is 9.2 per 100,000 population. The rate is calculated by the number of patients presented with ILI, divided by the state
population, multiplied by 100,000. The estimated state population for 2016 is 2,902,853.
Figure 5
Source of Data: CDC: ILINet.
Influenza Positive Surveillance (NBS and NETSS)
Positive cases of influenza are reported to the state health authority for surveillance purposes. Table 2 and Figure 6 reflect all positive influenza cases
reported to the state. Types of influenza testing include commercial rapid diagnostic test (rapid), viral culture, fluorescent antibody, enzyme
immunoassay, RT-PCR (PCR), and Immunohistochemistry. The two most common test types in Nevada are Rapid and PCR tests. During week 50,
there were 523 influenza cases reported to the state, 495 influenza A, 8 influenza B and 20 unknown subtyping.
Table 2
Reporting Jurisdiction
Reported Influenza Cases by County Jurisdiction and Influenza Type
Current Week (Week 50) Cumulative Influenza Season
A B Unknown Total A B Unknown Total
Carson City Health and Human Services 66 0 0 66 313 0 2 315
Rural Community Health Services 28 0 0 28 193 8 11 212
Southern Nevada Health District 152 6 5 163 432 34 22 488
Washoe County Health District 249 2 15 266 970 19 69 1,058