November 30, 2023

Dear USET/USET SPF Family,

The USET Tribal Epidemiology Center is pleased to offer a new Weekly USET Area Seasonal Respiratory Illnesses Report which will replace the Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report. This new surveillance report details four pages of metrics regarding influenza like illness (ILI), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and COVID-19.

The data included is sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Protect, and the Indian Health Service (IHS). This data aims to provide a general overview on the current incidence of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and vaccination across the United States, within the Indian Health Service Areas, and specifically within the IHS Nashville Area.

Below are highlighted metrics from this week's USET TEC Weekly Area Seasonal Respiratory Illness Report. View the full report.

MMWR Week 46 (November 12 – 18, 2023)

Data is reported by Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) week. The MMWR week is the week of the epidemiologic year for which the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) disease report is assigned by the reporting local or state health department for the purposes of MMWR disease incidence reporting and publishing. The new season begins each year on the Sunday of MMWR week 40. For the 2023 - 2024 respiratory season, October 1 was the start of week 40.

Please view  document "Additional Information on Data Sources” for a more detailed summary of the data and the sources. Current and historic influenza reports are linked on the USET website here under the Influenza tab.

As always, if you would like a report that tracks different statistics, or if you have questions regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact to usetepi@usetinc.org.

Established in 1969, the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization serving thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET is dedicated to enhancing the development of Tribal Nations, improving the capabilities of Tribal governments, and improving the quality of life for Indian people through a variety of technical and supportive programmatic services.