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No serological evidence that harbour porpoises are additional hosts of influenza B viruses. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Influenza A and B viruses circulate among humans causing epidemics almost annually. While various hosts for influenza A viruses exist, influenza B viruses have been detected only in humans and seals.
Rogier Bodewes, Marco W G van de Bildt, Cornelis E van Elk, Paulien E Bunskoek, David A M C van de Vijver, Saskia L Smits, Albert D M E Osterhaus, Thijs Kuiken   +7 more
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A Comparative Study of Severe and Critical Influenza B in Children in the 2021–2022 Winter Season

International Journal of General Medicine, 2022
Pan Li, Xinfeng Liu, Yanmei Lang, Xiaowei Cui, Yanxi Shi Respiratory Department, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, 050031, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yanxi Shi, Respiratory Department, Children’s Hospital of Hebei ...
Li P, Liu X, Lang Y, Cui X, Shi Y
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Cost-effectiveness of switching from trivalent to quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccines for the at-risk population in Italy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Seasonal influenza is caused by two subtypes of influenza A and two lineages of influenza B. Although trivalent influenza vaccines (TIVs) contain both circulating A strains, they contain only a single B-lineage strain. This can lead to mismatches between
Francesco Saverio Mennini, Chiara Bini, Andrea Marcellusi, Alessandro Rinaldi, Elisabetta Franco   +4 more
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Evaluation of the Alere i Influenza A&B assay for rapid identification of influenza A and influenza B viruses

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2016
The Alere i Influenza A&B assay is a novel isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay capable of detecting and differentiating influenza A and B viruses in approximately 15 min with minimal hands-on time. This study was conducted in order to assess the performance of the Alere i Influenza A&B assay compared to molecular techniques, considered to be ...
Flavia Cecilia, Chiarella, Esther, Culebras, Manuel Enrique, Fuentes-Ferrer, Juan José, Picazo   +3 more
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Performance of ID NOW Influenza A&B 2

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
ID NOW™ INFLUENZA A&B 2 is a point-of-care assay for rapid molecular diagnosis of Influenza A and B. The present study aims to evaluate the performance of ID NOW™ INFLUENZA A&B 2 compared to a reference RT-PCR assay.
Susana Bandarra, Célia Neto, Lurdes Monteiro, Laura Brum   +3 more
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Influenza B meningoencephalitis [PDF]

Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2017
Encephalitis is a rare complication of influenza, mostly reported with influenza A and in children. We report two cases of influenza B meningoencephalitis in adults enrolled in the French encephalitis cohort study (ENCEIF) during the 2015–2016 seasonal influenza outbreak.
Piet, Emilie, Tattevin, Pierre, Mailles, Alexandra, Stahl, Jean-Paul   +3 more
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Circulation of influenza A and B in the Czech Republic from 2000-2001 to 2015-2016

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background To improve national influenza vaccination recommendations, additional data on influenza A and B virus circulation are needed. Here, we describe the circulation of influenza A and B in the Czech Republic during 16 seasons.
Martina Havlickova, Sophie Druelles, Helena Jirincova, Radomira Limberkova, Alexander Nagy, Anvar Rasuli, Jan Kyncl   +6 more
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Influenza A and B in a cohort of outpatient children and adolescent with influenza like-illness during two consecutive influenza seasons

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Introduction: Influenza is an important cause of morbimortality worldwide. Although people at the extremes of age have a greater risk of complications, influenza has been more frequently investigated in the elderly than in children, and inpatients than ...
Clarisse M. Machado, Ana Carolina Mamana Fernandes de Souza, Camila Malta Romano, Wilton dos Santos Freire, Ângela Aparecida Costa, Walter Manso Figueiredo, Cláudio S. Pannuti, Expedito J.A. Luna   +7 more
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Interim Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza and Hospitalization, Republic of Korea, 2024–2025 (HIMM Network)

Vaccines
Background: Influenza cases have surged earlier than usual during the 2024–2025 season, with A/H1N1 (pdm09) being the dominant strain. We aimed to investigate early estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the 2024–2025 season to enhance our
Yu Jung Choi, Joon Young Song, Seong-Heon Wie, Jacob Lee, Jin-Soo Lee, Hye Won Jeong, Joong Sik Eom, Jang Wook Sohn, Won Suk Choi, Eliel Nham, Jin Gu Yoon, Ji Yun Noh, Hee Jin Cheong   +12 more
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Molecular epidemiology of influenza B virus among hospitalized pediatric patients in Northern Italy during the 2015-16 season.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundThe influenza B viruses belong to two lineages distinguished by their genetic and antigenic characteristics, which are referred to as the Yamagata and Victoria lineages, designated after their original isolates, B/Yamagata/16/88 and B/Victoria ...
Antonio Piralla, Giovanna Lunghi, Luca Ruggiero, Alessia Girello, Sonia Bianchini, Francesca Rovida, Silvia Caimmi, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Nicola Principi, Fausto Baldanti, Susanna Esposito   +10 more
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