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Virological analysis of fatal influenza cases in the United Kingdom during the early wave of influenza in winter 2010/11.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 6 Jan 2011
Ellis J, Galiano M, Pebody R, Lackenby A, Thompson C, Bermingham A, McLean E, Zhao H, Bolotin S, Dar O, Watson J M, Zambon M
Abstract excerpt
The 2010/11 winter influenza season is underway in the United Kingdom, with co-circulation of influenza A(H1N1)2009 (antigenically similar to the current 2010/11 vaccine strain), influenza B (mainly B/Victoria/2/87 lineage, similar to the 2010/11 vaccine strain) and a few sporadic influenza A(H3N2) viruses. Clinical influenza activity has been increasing. Severe illness, resulting in hospitalisation and deaths,...
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