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Influenza Annual Report 2014

Please note: As of 1 July 2025, the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) is the new name for the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Research and reports published prior to this date may reference the organisation’s former name.

Summary

This report summarises the results from influenza surveillance in New Zealand in 2014. It provides information on community-based influenza-like illness and related influenza disease (obtained from national and SHIVERS GP-based influenza surveillance). It also describes hospital-based influenza morbidity and mortality (obtained from SHIVERS SARI surveillance and the Ministry of Health’s National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) and Mortality Collection). In addition, it includes passive surveillance data from Healthline and HealthStat, laboratory-based antiviral susceptibility and genetic data as well as influenza immunisation coverage data obtained from the Ministry of Health.

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