THE CLINICAL-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FLU IN KRASNODAR TERRITORY IN 2016

Aim. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of influenza in the Krasnodar Territory for 2016.

Material and methods. The article uses the results of the monitoring of the circulation of influenza viruses from the Federal budgetary establishment of public health services Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Krasnodar Territory in 2016, as well as the clinical features of influenza according to the reports of the Specialized Infectious Diseases Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory for the same period.

Results. It was demonstrated that prevalence in the circulation of the influenza strain in the Krasnodar Territory during the year 2016 was A (H1N1) pdm09, the content of which was 96.0%, less frequent influenza A (H3N2) – 2.0% and influenza B – 2.0% . Analysis of the intensity of influenza immunity showed a high percentage of seropositive persons against the influenza B virus (99%), a smaller proportion to the virus A (H3N2) – 40.0% and to the virus A (H1N1) pdm09 – 36%. The hospitalized incidence of influenza and its dynamics are estimated, the characteristics of the clinical course of influenza during the reporting period with details of complications, frequency and causes of deaths are given.

Conclusion. The increase in the number of influenza patients who received inpatient treatment in 2016 as compared to 2015, the rarity of erroneous referral diagnoses, prevalence in the structure of patients with moderate disease, complications in the form of community-acquired pneumonia, which determined the death rate 1.1%, was underlined.