New Zealand's National Influenza Centre (NIC)

New Zealand's National Influenza Centre (NIC) has been recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1954.

• New Zealand's national reference laboratory
• a centre for New Zealand's national influenza surveillance
• the contact nationally and internationally for the virological and epidemiological surveillance of influenza
• influenza virus isolates to the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network.

ESR’s annual national influenza surveillance programme starts in week 18 of the year (at the end of April) and continues for at least 22 weeks.  Weekly, monthly and annual influenza reports are available at www.surv.esr.cri.nz/virology 

News

Study investigating immunity to pandemic flu
Latest weekly influenza report
Seasonal influenza viruses resistant to tamiflu
Sample numbers increase signficantly  
ESR's National Influenza Centre starts swine flu testing
Link to news interview with Dr Sue Huang, head of the NIC on AH1N1 (swine flu)

Information on Influenza surveillance
Vaccine recommendations for the Southern Hemisphere
Research at the National Influenza Centre in collaboration with other partners