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Differential age susceptibility to influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in the 2015 Australian influenza season.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Jan 2016
Barr Ian G, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, Sullivan Sheena G
Abstract excerpt
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...
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