tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
J Med Virol. 2013 Aug 7. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23684. [Epub ahead of print]
Evolutionary pattern of reemerging influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in S?o Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2012: Implications for vaccine composition strategy.
Paiva TM, Benega MA, Silva DB, Santos KC, Cruz AS, Hortenci MF, Barbieri MT, Monteiro MM, Barbosa HA, Carvalhanas TR.
Source
Center of Respiratory Diseases, Adolfo Lutz Institute, S?o Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
Since the 1980s, 2 antigenically distinct influenza B lineages have cocirculated in the world: B/Victoria/2/87 (first appeared in the 1980s) and B/Yamagata/16/88 (became predominant in the 1990s). B/Victoria/2/87 isolates were geographically restricted to eastern Asia during 1991-2000. During 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, B/Victoria/2/87 isolates reemerged in North America, Europe, and South America, and then spread globally. During influenza virus surveillance, season 2002, an outbreak of acute respiratory illness, which quickly spread among the population, has been notified by public health authorities living in Araraquara, S?o Paulo, Brazil. Instituto Adolfo Lutz and Secretariat of Health of S?o Paulo state teams initiate an investigation towards to describe the pattern of infection in this population temporally and by age and to characterize the strains by virus isolation and hemagglutination inhibition assay. The outbreak lasted approximately 10 weeks; many cases occurred between mid-August and mid-September. Children younger than 13 years were the most affected; the elderly were mostly immune to infection. Analysis of the clinical respiratory samples helped in identifying the B/Hong Kong/330/2001 and B/Brisbane/32/2002 subtypes-recent variants of B/Victoria/02/88, a lineage restricted to Southeast Asia until 2001. The Araraquara outbreak confirms the reemergence of the B/Victoria viruses in South America and highlights the importance of monitoring local circulating strains, especially in light of the absence of cross-protection between antigenically distinct influenza lineages. Based on influenza virus surveillance, public health authorities worldwide should decide whether trivalent vaccines or quadrivalent vaccines (containing both influenza virus B lineages) are to be used in each country. J. Med. Virol. ? 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
? 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
KEYWORDS:
Araraquara, B/Victoria lineage, evolution, outbreak, surveillance, vaccine composition
PMID:
23926069
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926069
Evolutionary pattern of reemerging influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses in S?o Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2012: Implications for vaccine composition strategy.
Paiva TM, Benega MA, Silva DB, Santos KC, Cruz AS, Hortenci MF, Barbieri MT, Monteiro MM, Barbosa HA, Carvalhanas TR.
Source
Center of Respiratory Diseases, Adolfo Lutz Institute, S?o Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
Since the 1980s, 2 antigenically distinct influenza B lineages have cocirculated in the world: B/Victoria/2/87 (first appeared in the 1980s) and B/Yamagata/16/88 (became predominant in the 1990s). B/Victoria/2/87 isolates were geographically restricted to eastern Asia during 1991-2000. During 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, B/Victoria/2/87 isolates reemerged in North America, Europe, and South America, and then spread globally. During influenza virus surveillance, season 2002, an outbreak of acute respiratory illness, which quickly spread among the population, has been notified by public health authorities living in Araraquara, S?o Paulo, Brazil. Instituto Adolfo Lutz and Secretariat of Health of S?o Paulo state teams initiate an investigation towards to describe the pattern of infection in this population temporally and by age and to characterize the strains by virus isolation and hemagglutination inhibition assay. The outbreak lasted approximately 10 weeks; many cases occurred between mid-August and mid-September. Children younger than 13 years were the most affected; the elderly were mostly immune to infection. Analysis of the clinical respiratory samples helped in identifying the B/Hong Kong/330/2001 and B/Brisbane/32/2002 subtypes-recent variants of B/Victoria/02/88, a lineage restricted to Southeast Asia until 2001. The Araraquara outbreak confirms the reemergence of the B/Victoria viruses in South America and highlights the importance of monitoring local circulating strains, especially in light of the absence of cross-protection between antigenically distinct influenza lineages. Based on influenza virus surveillance, public health authorities worldwide should decide whether trivalent vaccines or quadrivalent vaccines (containing both influenza virus B lineages) are to be used in each country. J. Med. Virol. ? 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
? 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
KEYWORDS:
Araraquara, B/Victoria lineage, evolution, outbreak, surveillance, vaccine composition
PMID:
23926069
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926069