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Machado,Clarisse M.; de Souza,Ana Carolina Mamana Fernandes; Romano,Camila Malta; dos Santos Freire,Wilton; Costa,Ângela Aparecida; Figueiredo,Walter Manso; Pannuti,Cláudio S.; Luna,Expedito J.A.. |
ABSTRACT Introduction Influenza is an important cause of morbimortality worldwide. Although people at the extremes of age have a greater risk of complications, influenza has been more frequently investigated in the elderly than in children, and inpatients than outpatients. Yearly vaccination with trivalent or quadrivalent vaccines is the main strategy to control influenza. Objectives Determine the clinical and molecular characteristics of influenza A and B infections in children and adolescents with influenza-like illness (ILI). Methods: A cohort of outpatient children and adolescents with ILI was followed for 20 months. Influenza was diagnosed with commercial multiplex PCR platforms. Results: 179 patients had 277 episodes of ILI, being 79 episodes of... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Influenza; Outpatient; Children; Vaccine; Lineages; Phylogeny; Cohort. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702020000100073 |
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