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Editor, Senior Moderator
Euro Surveill. 2016 Jan 28;21(4). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.4.30118.
[h=1]Differential age susceptibility to influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in the 2015 Australian influenza season.[/h] Barr IG[SUP]1[/SUP], Vijaykrishna D, Sullivan SG.
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Influenza B viruses make up an important part of the burden from seasonal influenza globally. The 2015 season in Australia saw an unusual predominance of influenza B with a distinctive switch during the season from B/Yamagata/16/88 lineage viruses to B/Victoria/2/87 lineage viruses. We also noted significant differences in the age groups infected by the different B lineages, with B/Victoria infecting a younger population than B/Yamagata, that could not be explained by potential prior exposure.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] epidemiology; influenza; laboratory; laboratory surveillance; molecular methods; public health policy; statistics; surveillance; vaccines and immunisation; viral infections
PMID: 26848118 [PubMed - in process]
[h=1]Differential age susceptibility to influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in the 2015 Australian influenza season.[/h] Barr IG[SUP]1[/SUP], Vijaykrishna D, Sullivan SG.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Influenza B viruses make up an important part of the burden from seasonal influenza globally. The 2015 season in Australia saw an unusual predominance of influenza B with a distinctive switch during the season from B/Yamagata/16/88 lineage viruses to B/Victoria/2/87 lineage viruses. We also noted significant differences in the age groups infected by the different B lineages, with B/Victoria infecting a younger population than B/Yamagata, that could not be explained by potential prior exposure.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] epidemiology; influenza; laboratory; laboratory surveillance; molecular methods; public health policy; statistics; surveillance; vaccines and immunisation; viral infections
PMID: 26848118 [PubMed - in process]