tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
NPJ Vaccines
. 2024 Nov 16;9(1):219.
doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-01010-y. Implications of the apparent extinction of B/Yamagata-lineage human influenza viruses
Ian G Barr[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kanta Subbarao[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of influenza viruses circulating globally fell to historically low numbers. Although influenza A and B/Victoria lineage viruses returned to normal patterns by 2022, B/Yamagata-lineage viruses have not been identified since 2020. The implications of the apparent extinction of this lineage of viruses on vaccine composition, and the risk of their re-introduction into the human population are discussed.
. 2024 Nov 16;9(1):219.
doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-01010-y. Implications of the apparent extinction of B/Yamagata-lineage human influenza viruses
Ian G Barr[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kanta Subbarao[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 39550399
- PMCID: PMC11569178
- DOI: 10.1038/s41541-024-01010-y
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of influenza viruses circulating globally fell to historically low numbers. Although influenza A and B/Victoria lineage viruses returned to normal patterns by 2022, B/Yamagata-lineage viruses have not been identified since 2020. The implications of the apparent extinction of this lineage of viruses on vaccine composition, and the risk of their re-introduction into the human population are discussed.