Patterns of influenza B circulation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There are limited published data about the circulation of influenza B/Victoria and B/Yamagata in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and most countries have a vaccine policy that includes the use of the trivalent influenza vaccine. We analyzed influenza surveillance data to inform decision-making in LAC about prevention strategies, such as the use of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine.

Methods

There are a total of 28 reference laboratories and National Influenza Centers in LAC that conduct influenza virologic surveillance according to global standards, and on a weekly basis upload their surveillance data to the open-access World Health Organization (WHO) platform FluNet. These data include the number of specimens tested for influenza and the number of specimens p

SUBMITTER: Palekar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687279 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature