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Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy
Winter in the northern hemisphere is characterized by the circulation of influenza viruses, which cause seasonal epidemics, generally from October to April. Each influenza season has its own pattern, which differs from one year to the next in terms of the first influenza case notification, the perio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040776 |
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author | Milano, Giovanna Capitani, Elena Camarri, Andrea Bova, Giovanni Capecchi, Pier Leopoldo Lazzeri, Giacomo Lipari, Dario Montomoli, Emanuele Manini, Ilaria |
author_facet | Milano, Giovanna Capitani, Elena Camarri, Andrea Bova, Giovanni Capecchi, Pier Leopoldo Lazzeri, Giacomo Lipari, Dario Montomoli, Emanuele Manini, Ilaria |
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description | Winter in the northern hemisphere is characterized by the circulation of influenza viruses, which cause seasonal epidemics, generally from October to April. Each influenza season has its own pattern, which differs from one year to the next in terms of the first influenza case notification, the period of highest incidence, and the predominant influenza virus subtypes. After the total absence of influenza viruses in the 2020/2021 season, cases of influenza were again recorded in the 2021/2022 season, although they remained below the seasonal average. Moreover, the co-circulation of the influenza virus and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus was also reported. In the context of the DRIVE study, oropharyngeal swabs were collected from 129 Tuscan adults hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and analyzed by means of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 and 21 different airborne pathogens, including influenza viruses. In total, 55 subjects tested positive for COVID-19, 9 tested positive for influenza, and 3 tested positive for both SARS-CoV-2 and the A/H3N2 influenza virus. The co-circulation of different viruses in the population requires strengthened surveillance that is no longer restricted to the winter months. Indeed, constant, year-long monitoring of the trends of these viruses is needed, especially in at-risk groups and elderly people. |
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spelling | pubmed-101425962023-04-29 Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy Milano, Giovanna Capitani, Elena Camarri, Andrea Bova, Giovanni Capecchi, Pier Leopoldo Lazzeri, Giacomo Lipari, Dario Montomoli, Emanuele Manini, Ilaria Vaccines (Basel) Article Winter in the northern hemisphere is characterized by the circulation of influenza viruses, which cause seasonal epidemics, generally from October to April. Each influenza season has its own pattern, which differs from one year to the next in terms of the first influenza case notification, the period of highest incidence, and the predominant influenza virus subtypes. After the total absence of influenza viruses in the 2020/2021 season, cases of influenza were again recorded in the 2021/2022 season, although they remained below the seasonal average. Moreover, the co-circulation of the influenza virus and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus was also reported. In the context of the DRIVE study, oropharyngeal swabs were collected from 129 Tuscan adults hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and analyzed by means of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 and 21 different airborne pathogens, including influenza viruses. In total, 55 subjects tested positive for COVID-19, 9 tested positive for influenza, and 3 tested positive for both SARS-CoV-2 and the A/H3N2 influenza virus. The co-circulation of different viruses in the population requires strengthened surveillance that is no longer restricted to the winter months. Indeed, constant, year-long monitoring of the trends of these viruses is needed, especially in at-risk groups and elderly people. MDPI 2023-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10142596/ /pubmed/37112687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040776 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Milano, Giovanna Capitani, Elena Camarri, Andrea Bova, Giovanni Capecchi, Pier Leopoldo Lazzeri, Giacomo Lipari, Dario Montomoli, Emanuele Manini, Ilaria Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy |
title | Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy |
title_full | Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy |
title_fullStr | Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy |
title_full_unstemmed | Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy |
title_short | Surveillance of Influenza and Other Airborne Transmission Viruses during the 2021/2022 Season in Hospitalized Subjects in Tuscany, Italy |
title_sort | surveillance of influenza and other airborne transmission viruses during the 2021/2022 season in hospitalized subjects in tuscany, italy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040776 |
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