Fifteen years of epidemiologic, virologic and syndromic influenza surveillance: A focus on type B virus and the effects of vaccine mismatch in Liguria region, Italy

• Main Authors: Cecilia Trucchi (Author), Cristiano Alicino (Author), Andrea Orsi (Author), Chiara Paganino (Author), Ilaria Barberis (Author), Federico Grammatico (Author), Paola Canepa (Author), Emanuela Rappazzo (Author), Bianca Bruzzone (Author), Laura Sticchi (Author), Filippo Ansaldi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In order to estimate the burden of influenza and to describe the genetic evolutionary pattern and antigenic variability of type B viral strains, data deriving from 3 surveillance systems active in Liguria region, Northern Italy, were described. Since the re-emergence of the Victoria lineage in 2001,...