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  • Russia - The first wave of viral respiratory diseases has hit since mid-September 2016, flu next

    September 22, 2016, 14:17 Since mid-September in Russia fixed the first wave of viral respiratory diseases, followed by flu.
    The peak incidence is expected from December to January. Now for the inhabitants of the regions provided for vaccination against influenza group A and group B. Some species
    Vaccination campaign in the Orenburg region has already started. This year changed the composition of strains of the vaccine. Of the three strains that were incorporated in the vaccine last year, two have changed - it is these strains will circulate in the new season.
    The head of the federal Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova explained that the same vaccine was influenza A strain (H1N1), but there were two completely new: Influenza A (H3N2) - last year it was a version of "California", this year is a variant of "Hong Kong "as well as one of the varieties of influenza B.
    - Several years ago, the influenza strain A (H3N2) has given us a difficult course of the disease, - explained Anna Popova.
    Last season in terms of the incidence of influenza was very difficult. From late November to early February ill with 3.5 million people in Russia - such data led the Ministry of Health. The epidemic threshold was exceeded in the country by more than 90 percent.

    http://ria56.ru/posts/87656.htm

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