Epidemiology of influenza B/Yamagata and B/Victoria lineages in South Africa, 2005-2014

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Seleka, Mpho ^a   Treurnicht, Florette K ^a   Tempia, Stefano ^a,b   Hellferscee, Orienka ^a,c   Mtshali, Senzo ^a   Cohen, Adam L ^d   Buys, Amelia ^a   McAnerney, Johanna M ^a   Besselaar, Terry G ^d   Pretorius, Marthi ^a   Von Gottberg, Anne ^a,c   Walaza, Sibongile ^a,e   Cohen, Cheryl ^a,f   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,e   Venter, Marietjie ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019886611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177655     Document Type: Article

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