High Public-Health Impact in an Influenza-B-Mismatch Season in Southern Italy, 2017-2018.

Daniela LoconsoleAnna Lisa De RobertisAnna MoreaDaniele CasulliRosanna MallamaciSimona BaldacciFrancesca CentroneViviana BrunoMichele QuartoMarisa AccogliMaria Chironna

Published in: BioMed research international (2019)

The 2017-2018 influenza season was one of the most severe in a decade in Southern Italy. IBV mismatch between the trivalent vaccine and the circulating strains occurred. The high number of ICU-ARDS cases caused by B/Yamagata strains in the >64-year age group suggests that further data on the effectiveness of the available influenza vaccines are needed to determine the best way to protect the elderly against both IBV lineages.

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