Influenza epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness among patients with influenza-like illness, viral watch sentinel sites, South Africa, 2005-2009.

Influenza epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness among patients with influenza-like illness, viral watch sentinel sites, South Africa, 2005-2009.

There is limited data on the epidemiology of influenza and few published estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) from Africa. In April 2009, a new influenza virus strain infecting humans was identified and rapidly spread globally. We compared the characteristics of patients ill with influe...

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Main Authors: Genevie M Ntshoe, Johanna M McAnerney, Stefano Tempia, Lucille Blumberg, Jocelyn Moyes, Amelia Buys, Dhamari Naidoo, Marietjie Venter, Terry Besselaar, Barry D Schoub, Bernice N Harris, Cheryl Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988097?pdf=render

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