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Abstract

Influenza B viruses make up an important part of the burden from seasonal influenza globally. The 2015 season in Australia saw an unusual predominance of influenza B with a distinctive switch during the season from B/Yamagata/16/88 lineage viruses to B/Victoria/2/87 lineage viruses. We also noted significant differences in the age groups infected by the different B lineages, with B/Victoria infecting a younger population than B/Yamagata, that could not be explained by potential prior exposure.

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Differential age susceptibility to influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in the 2015 Australian influenza season
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Ian+G.+Barr&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Barr Ian G.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dhanasekaran+Vijaykrishna&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sheena+G.+Sullivan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sullivan Sheena G.</a></span>. Differential age susceptibility to influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in the 2015 Australian influenza season. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(4):pii=30118. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.4.30118" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.4.30118</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 13 Jan 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 26 Jan 2016 </span> </p>
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