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created Nov 7 2013

updated Dec 18 2018

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This chart shows the number of laboratory confirmed cases of influenza reported to NYSDOH by week and season. The chart includes clinical laboratory confirmed cases of influenza that meet the New York State Department of Health’s (NYS DOH) case definition of a positive result on any of the following influenza laboratory tests: Rapid antigen detection test (RAT), Viral culture, Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, Direct immunofluorescence antibody staining (DFA) test, and Indirect immunofluorescence antibody staining (IFA) test.
Please see the overview document in the “About” section for more details about NYS DOH’s influenza case definition. The cases are reported weekly during the influenza season, which runs from October through May. For more information check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/influenza/surveillance/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

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New York State Department of Health
Source Link
http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/influenza/surveillance/
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Health, Department of
Dataset Summary
Time Period
Beginning with the2009-10 Influenza Season
Posting Frequency
Weekly, mid-October through May
Dataset Owner
Statistical Unit, Division of Epidemiology and Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Division of Epidemiology
Coverage
Statewide (Includes cases occurring in all 57 counties in New York and the 5 boroughs of New York City)
Granularity
Statewide
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Organization
Office of Public Health
Data Frequency
Weekly, mid-October through May
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Limitations
1) Data represents an underestimate of the number of influenza cases occurring each season, because many influenza patients do not visit a healthcare provider, are not tested, or are not tested by a full-service clinical laboratory. 2) Data includes reports of positive influenza rapid antigen detection tests which can have limited validity, especially when influenza is rare in the community. 3) Data does not include reports of positive influenza tests performed in healthcare providers’ offices unless performed under the auspices of a full-service clinical laboratory. 4) Data does not include positive serology tests unless both acute and convalescent serology specimens are tested and demonstrate at least a four-fold rise in antibody titer.
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