The circulation of the flu is still very active in Martinique

The surveillance indicators in town and in the hospital were still very high last week compared to the previous weeks. According to Public Health France “the viral circulation of the flu is very active in Martinique”.

In city medicine, the number of consultations for flu syndrome carried out by general practitioners

of the island is up from the S33.

Over the past week (W39), nearly 750 consultations were estimated in the territory (compared to 840 in W38). This is the highest number of consultations observed for two years.

In addition, the number of home visits for flu syndrome by SOS doctors has increased since W33 to reach a peak of 99 visits in W38 and a similar activity last week (94 visits in W39).

Between weeks S34 to S39, the influenza virus was identified 50 times among the 200 analyzes carried out by the laboratory of

virology at the Martinique University Hospital. The positivity rate fluctuated from 15% to 67% over the period (average of 32%).

Since S34, the type A influenza virus has been detected for all the biological analyzes carried out (AH3 for 27 subtyped samples over the period).

The patients for whom the influenza virus was isolated in the hospital from S34 are older (50% > 40 years) than those affected by the period of influenza recrudescence observed between April and June 2022 (majority of 0 -9 years).

It should be noted that two patients were hospitalized in intensive care during weeks S35 and S36

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