Influenza Thailand Factsheet National Influenza Programme 2018
Basic information (2018) Total population 66 188 5031 Children < 5 years 3 009 1551 Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 LBa) 12.21 Life expectancy at birth (years)2 75.52 Provinces/divisions/regions 77 Districts 928 Total health expenditure (% of GDP) 3.81 Income level (Source: World Bank) Upper middle income3 alive births 1http://www.searo.who.int/immunization/data/thailand_2018.pdf 2https://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/2018/en/ 3https://data.worldbank.org/country/thailand
Population pyramid (by age and sex) Source: https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/DemographicProfiles/
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Phuket •
Trang Trang •
Surat Thani Surat •
Nakhon Si Thammarat Si Nakhon •
Prachuap Khiri Khan Khiri Prachuap •
South region South
Phetchaburi •
Chanthaburi •
Ratchaburi •
Lop Buri Lop •
Ayutthaya •
Bangkok •
Central region Central
Loei •
Maha Sarakham Maha •
Yasothon •
Nakhon Phanom Nakhon •
Udonthani •
Nong Khai Nong •
Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon •
North-East region North-East
Chiang Rai Chiang •
Chiang Mai Chiang •
North region North
Sentinel sites Sentinel
Samples collected from both surveillance systems surveillance both from collected Samples Yes
Weekly average no. of samples processed samples of no. average Weekly 51
Epidemiological case information provided provided information case Epidemiological Yes
Number of sites of Number 32
Number of provinces of Number 20
National or sentinel or National Sentinel
Virological surveillance Virological Yes
Sentinel surveillance (virological) surveillance Sentinel
Reporting frequency Reporting Weekly
Selection for sampling for Selection Partial
Number of sites of Number 1323
Number of provinces of Number 77
Target population Target Out-patients and In-patients and Out-patients
Case defi nition defi Case WHO 2011 WHO
Characteristics ILI ILI
National Disease surveillance (epidemiological) surveillance Disease National
with Division of Epidemiology of Division with
Surveillance National Infl uenza Centre in collaboration collaboration in Centre uenza Infl National
Sentinel Hospital Yes Sentinel Virological Surveillance by Surveillance Virological Sentinel
National Disease Surveillance Disease National Hospital National Partial
System Site type Site System type System Sample collection Sample
Surveillance systems Surveillance Infl uenza surveillance uenza Infl National Influenza Centre (NIC) Number of NICs 1 Year established as NIC 1972 Real-time RT-PCR and viral isolation Routine assays performed at NIC/national laboratory
Percentage of laboratories with RT-PCR 100 Detection of other respiratory virus by PCR Yes AdV, FluA, FluB, PIV1, PIV2, PIV3, PIV4, HRV, RSV Other respiratory viruses detected A, RSV B, HBoV, MPV, CoV 229E, CoV NL63, CoV OC43, HEV Availability of a quality control plan Yes Sending samples to WHO CC Yes WHO CC to which samples sent US CDC, Atlanta, USA; VIDRL, Melbourne, Australia Frequency Twice a year for each WHO CC
Reporting Frequency of published national reports Weekly Inclusion of sentinel data Yes Integration of epidemiological and virological Yes information Reporting through website Yes www.thainihnic.org Website link www.boe.moph.go.th Reporting to Flunet Yes Frequency ILI only from 2011 to Q1 2016 Reporting to FluID Yes Frequency Weekly since 2003
Virological data (FluNet)
Number of specimens of influenza subtypes and % influenza positives by week and year, Thailand
100 100
90
80 80
70
60 60
50
40 40 % Positive
Number of specimen 30
20 20
10
0 0 1 6 111621263136414651 4 9 1419242934394449 1 6 111621263136414651 4 9 1419242934394449 2 7 121722273237424752 5 101520253035404550 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A/H1N1pm09 A/H1N1 A/H3N2 A/H5N1 A (Unsubtyped) B Yamagata B Victoria B (Unsubtyped) % Positive
Plotted in R (ggplot2). Data source: FluMART, available at http://apps.who.int/flumart/
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Year updated Year
2012 2012
2005 developed Year
Yes plan preparedness pandemic influenza National
Pandemic preparedness Pandemic
Vaccine production capacity in 2014 2014 in capacity production Vaccine –
Vaccination type Vaccination Southern hemisphere Southern
Vaccination period Vaccination May–September
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Recommended risk groups risk Recommended Pregnant; <2yrs; ≥65 yrs; healthcare personnel personnel healthcare yrs; ≥65 <2yrs; Pregnant;
Year introduced introduced Year 2004
vaccination policy vaccination
Yes Availability of a national seasonal influenza influenza seasonal national a of Availability
Influenza vaccination Influenza
Data source: FluMART, available at http://apps.who.int/flumart/Default?ReportNo=16 at available FluMART, source: Data
ILI cases per 1000 outpatients 1000 per cases ILI cases ILI
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 52 48 44 9 5 1 50 46 42 38 34 30 26 22 18 14 10 6 2 49 45 41 37 33 29 25 21 17 13 9 5 1
0 0
20000 10
40000 20
Cases per 1000outpatients
60000 30
Number ofcases
80000 40
100000 50
120000 60
140000 70
by week and year, Thailand year, and week by
1000 outpatients, 1000 per cases ILI and cases (ILI) illness like influenza of Number
Epidemiological data (FluID) data Epidemiological