Goddard N L, Joseph C A, Zambon M, Nunn M, Fleming D, Watson J M
Respiratory Disease Section, PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ.
Commun Dis Public Health. 2000 Dec;3(4):261-6.
The period of increased influenza activity in England and Wales in the winter of 1999/2000 was associated with considerable morbidity and mortality and well-publicized pressure on hospital services. The influenza activity coincided with the regular annual increase in respiratory syncytial virus infections and the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Consultation rates with general practitioners for influenza-like illness did not reach 'epidemic' levels but were higher than seen in many winters and comparable with those seen in two out of the previous three winters. In common with those winters, attack rates for influenza-like illness and acute bronchitis were especially high in elderly people among whom complications of acute infection and hospital admissions increased. Excess mortality due to influenza during this period appeared to be substantial but was not as high as seen in the last epidemic (1989/90).
1999/2000年冬，英格兰和威尔士流感活动增加，导致了相当高的发病率和死亡率，给医院服务带来了广为人知的压力。流感活动与呼吸道合胞病毒感染的年度常规增加以及圣诞节和新年假期同时出现。全科医生诊治流感样疾病的咨询率未达到“流行”水平，但高于许多冬季，与前三个冬季中的两个冬季相当。与那些冬季一样，流感样疾病和急性支气管炎的发病率在老年人中尤其高，急性感染并发症和住院人数增加。在此期间，流感导致的超额死亡率似乎很高，但不如上一次疫情（1989/90年）严重。
