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SUBMITTER: Glatman-Freedman A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157661 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Glatman-Freedman Aharona A Pando Rakefet R Sefty Hanna H Omer Itay I Rosenberg Alina A Drori Yaron Y Nemet Ital I Mendelson Ella E Keinan-Boker Lital L Mandelboim Michal M Israeli Influenza Surveillance Network Iisn For The FT
Vaccines 20200209 1
<i>Background:</i> Influenza A (H3N2) clade 3C.3a was the predominant influenza virus in Israel throughout the 2018-2019 season, constituting a drift from the influenza A (H3N2) vaccine. We estimated the end-of season vaccine effectiveness (VE) by age, among community patients with influenza-like illness (ILI), considering the hemagglutinin (HA) gene mutations and amino acid substitutions of influenza A (H3N2) viruses detected. <i>Methods:</i> Nose-throat samples were analyzed for the presence o ...[more]