Influenza B associated paediatric acute respiratory infection hospitalization in central vietnam.
Keisuke YoshiharaMinh Nhat LeMichiko ToizumiHien Anh NguyenHien Minh VoTakato OdagiriSeiichiro FujisakiKoya AriyoshiHiroyuki MoriuchiMasahiro HashizumeDuc Anh DangLay-Myint YoshidaPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2019)
The current results highlight the increased incidence of influenza B-related ARI hospitalization among children in central Vietnam in the post-A/H1N1pdm09 era. Furthermore, the difference in clinical severity between Victoria lineage Group1 and 5 implies the importance of influenza B genetic variation on clinical presentation.