Key Points

With school holidays approaching, the current epidemic situations regarding bronchiolitis, acute gastroenteritis, and influenza have prompted us to provide you with a summary of the epidemiological contexts of these three seasonal winter illnesses monitored by Cire Normandie.Indeed, the peak of activity related to bronchiolitis in infants appears to be approaching in Normandy, but this activity is likely to remain at high levels through early 2017.Activity related to acute gastroenteritis continues to rise in the region, and observations from previous winter seasons indicate that this activity is likely to continue increasing over the next two weeks. Finally, monitoring of indicators related to seasonal influenza reveals a slight increase in activity, placing the region in the pre-epidemic phase during week 49 of 2016.