The incidence of influenza hexagonal

The flu has affected a little more than 2 million people in metropolitan France in eight weeks of an outbreak, said Tuesday the network Sentinels of Inserm. According to the network, the epidemic seasonal winter whose end is expected within two weeks, continuing its downward trend. 2,050,000 people visited their general practitioner in eight weeks of an outbreak, he notes Last week, the incidence of influenza hexagonal was 206 cases per 100,000 people, above the epidemic threshold (141 cases / 100,000) The median age of reported cases was 33 years (6 months to 88 years), men representing 55% of cases. The effectiveness of immunization field was estimated at 72% among those under 65 and 55% among those over 65, is the network recalling that the final estimate will be made at the end of the epidemic. Eight regions in metropolitan France had exceeded the epidemic threshold last week, the most affected being Rhône-Alpes (426 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), Champagne-Ardenne (274) and Languedoc-Roussillon (220). Versant chickenpox, four homes of high activity were noted last week, above the epidemic threshold (29 cas/100.000 inhabitants), Champagne-Ardenne region (109 cases), Bourgogne (89), Pays-de-la - (50) Loire and Alsace (42). As for gastroenteritis, although still below the epidemic threshold, it has not disappeared from the territory, hygiene precautions, such as washing hands before touching food or leaving a toilet for example, still therefore valid.