Rehmet S, Sinnl G, Robstad O, Petersen L, Ammon A, Lesser D, et al. Giessen JWB van der. Nine networks reported clinical data, and 10 reported virological data. The overall picture, however, remained one of low levels of influenza activity in comparison with previous seasons. In Switzerland, Ireland, the south of France, and England flu activity increased, although the level in England remained low.
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European Influenza Surveillance Scheme. Medical microbiologists were asked to send all their MRSA isolates to RIVM for extended typing such as phage typing and antibiotic resistance typing, which was carried out free of charge. Some 800 MRSA strains were sent to RIVM in 1998 and 1999. The percentage of index patients who acquired MRSA abroad continues to decrease. This may mean that most MRSA infections are caused by indigenous strains, or be a consequence of an increased wariness of medical microbiologists in general of MRSA strains, irrespective of their source, or both.