National Reference Laboratory for Influenza, Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
J Infect Dis. 2012 Dec 15;206 Suppl 1:S36-40. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis537.
Little is known about influenza in central Africa. We conducted sentinel surveillance for influenza-like illness, severe acute respiratory illness, and laboratory-confirmed influenza at 5 sites in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, from January 2009 through April 2011. We obtained samples from 4156 patients, of whom 605 (15%) had specimens containing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus. Apart from the period of pandemic influenza due to influenza A virus subtype H1N1, which occurred during August-December 2009, influenza activity peaked at least once each year from January through March, predominantly among children. These data can guide interventions to reduce the burden of influenza in the Democratic Republic of Congo and central Africa.
关于中非的流感情况知之甚少。我们在刚果民主共和国金沙萨的 5 个地点进行了流感样疾病、严重急性呼吸道感染和实验室确诊流感的哨点监测，监测时间从 2009 年 1 月至 2011 年 4 月。我们从 4156 名患者中获得了样本，其中 605 名（15%）患者的样本中含有实验室确诊的流感病毒。除了 2009 年 8 月至 12 月因甲型 H1N1 流感病毒引起的大流行期间外，每年 1 月至 3 月都会出现至少一次流感活动高峰，主要发生在儿童中。这些数据可以指导干预措施，以减轻刚果民主共和国和中非的流感负担。
