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Preparing for the 2018‐2019 influenza season
Author(s) -
de St. Maurice Annabelle,
Halasa Natasha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/petr.13272
Subject(s) - medicine , influenza season , strain (injury) , flu season , influenza vaccine , virology , virus , influenza a virus , human mortality from h5n1 , emergency medicine , covid-19 , vaccination , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
The 2017‐18 influenza season brought record numbers of cases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, resulting in high rates of influenza‐related hospital admission and death. Estimated efficacy of flu vaccine was low against the most common circulating strain, influenza A (H3N2). Decreased efficacy may be due to changes in circulating virus or mutations that occur in the vaccine strain during the manufacturing process.