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132 REVISTA ROMÂNÅ DE BOLI INFECºIOASE VOL. XI, NR. 3, AN 2008 REZUMAT În cursul sezonului gripal 2007-2008, activitatea gripei a atins punctul culminant în Statele Unite la mijlocul lunii februarie i a fost asociatå cu o mortalitate i o frecven å mare a internårilor în spital a copiilor între 0-4 ani, în compara ie cu cele trei sezoane anterioare. În Statele Unite, gripa A (H1N1) a predominat la începutul sezonului; virusurile grupei A (H3N2) i-au intensificat circula ia în luna ianuarie i au predominat peste tot, în timp ce gripa cu virusurile A (H1N1), A (H3N2) i B circulau la nivel mondial. Gripa cu virusul A (H1N1) a fost mult mai frecvent raportatå în Canada, Europa i Africa, iar gripa cu virusul B a fost predominantå în årile Asiei. Acest raport sintetizeazå activitatea gripalå în Statele Unite i la nivel mondial în cursul sezonului gripal 2007-2008 (30 septembrie 2007-17 mai 2008). The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is available free of charge in electronic format. To recive an electronic copy each week, send an e- mail message to listserv@listserv.cdc.gav. The body content should read SUBscribe mmurtoc. Electronic copy also is available from CDC s Internet server at http://www.cdc.glov/mmwr or from CDC s file transfer protocol server at ftp:// ftp.cdc.govpublications/mmwr. Paper copy subscriptions are available through the Superimendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washintong, DC 20402; telephone 202-512-1800. Data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. The reporting week concludes at clos of bussines on Friday; compiled data on a national basis are officially released to the public on the following Friday. Data are complied in the National Center for Public Health Informatics, Division of Integrated Surveillance System. Address all inquiries about the MMWR Series, including material to be considered for publication, to Editor, MMWR Series. Mailstop E-90, CDC, 1600 Clifron Rd., N.E., Adanta, GA 30333 or to mmwrq@cdc.gov. All materia in the MMWR Series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. References to non-cdc sites on the Internet are provided as a service to MMWR teaders and do not constitute or imply endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC is not responsable for the content of these sires. URI, addresse listed in MMWR were current as of the date of publication.