Relative incidence and individual-level severity of seasonal influenza A H3N2 compared with 2009 pandemic H1N1

Relative incidence and individual-level severity of seasonal influenza A H3N2 compared with 2009 pandemic H1N1

Abstract Background Two subtypes of influenza A currently circulate in humans: seasonal H3N2 (sH3N2, emerged in 1968) and pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1, emerged in 2009). While the epidemiological characteristics of the initial wave of pH1N1 have been studied in detail, less is known about its infection dyna...

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Main Authors: Kin On Kwok, Steven Riley, Ranawaka A. P. M. Perera, Vivian W. I. Wei, Peng Wu, Lan Wei, Daniel K. W. Chu, Ian G. Barr, J. S. Malik Peiris, Benjamin J. Cowling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Influenza
Seroepidemiology
Severity
Cohort
Severe outcomes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2432-7

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