Annual report Surveillance of influenza and other respiratory infections in the Netherlands: winter 2014/2015 Annual report Surveillance of influenza and other respiratory infections in the Netherlands: winter 2014/2015 A.C. Teirlinck1 L. van Asten1 P.S. Brandsema1 F. Dijkstra1 G.A. Donker2 S.M. Euser1,3 A.B. van Gageldonk-Lafeber1 M. Hooiveld1,2 M.M.A. de Lange1 A. Meijer4 E. Slump1 W. van der Hoek1 1. Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven 2. NIVEL (Netherlands institute for health services research), Utrecht 3. Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem 4. Infectious Disease Research, Diagnostics and Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven Colophon RIVM report number: 2015-0042 Contact: Anne Teirlinck:
[email protected] Cover picture: Thinkstock This investigation has been performed by order and for the account of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), within the framework of the project ‘Epidemiologie en surveillance van Respiratoire infecties’, project number V/150207/15/RI. Report prepared by: Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment with contributions of: NIC Erasmus MC NIVEL CBS KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation BEL/ Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem A publication by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) P.O. Box 1 3720 BA Bilthoven The Netherlands www.rivm.nl/en All rights reserved © 2015 RIVM-CIb-EPI Parts of this publication may be reproduced, provided acknowledgement is given to: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, along with the title and year of publication.