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Hemagglutinin Gene Clade 3C.2a Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses, Alachua County, Florida, USA, 2014-15

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;22(1):121-3. doi: 10.3201/2201.151019.
[h=1]Hemagglutinin Gene Clade 3C.2a Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses, Alachua County, Florida, USA, 2014-15.[/h] Lednicky JA, Iovine NM, Brew J, Loeb JC, Sugimoto JD, Rand KH, Morris JG Jr.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Influenza A(H3N2) strains isolated during 2014-15 in Alachua County, Florida, USA, belonged to hemagglutinin gene clade 3C.2a. High rates of influenza-like illness and confirmed influenza cases in children were associated with a decrease in estimated vaccine effectiveness. Illnesses were milder than in 2013-14; severe cases were concentrated in elderly patients with underlying diseases.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Florida; hemagglutinin; influenza; influenza A(H3N2); respiratory infections; vaccines; viruses

PMID: 26692074 [PubMed - in process] Free full text
 
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