Genetic evolution of influenza viruses among selected countries in Latin America, 2017-2018.
Juliana Almeida LeitePaola ResendeJenny Lara ArayaGisela Badillo BarreraElsa BaumeisterAlfredo Bruno CaicedoLeticia CoppolaWyller Alencar de MelloDomenica de MoraMirleide Cordeiro Dos SantosRodrigo FasceJorge FernándezNatalia GoñiIrma López MartínezJannet Otárola MayhuaFernando MottaMaribel Carmen Huaringa NuñezJenny OjedaMaría José OrtegaErika OspitiaTerezinha Maria de PaivaAndrea PontorieroHebleen Brenes PorrasJose Alberto Diaz QuinonezViviana RamasJuliana Barbosa RamírezKatia Correa de Oliveira SantosMarilda Mendonça SiqueiraCynthia VàzquezRakhee S PalekarPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Considering the constant evolution of influenza viruses, high-quality surveillance data-specifically genetic sequence data, are important to allow public health decision makers to make informed decisions about prevention and control strategies, such as influenza vaccine composition. Countries that conduct influenza genetic sequencing for surveillance in LA should continue to work with the WHO CCs to produce high-quality genetic sequence data and upload those sequences to open-access databases.