Infections Caused by Influenza Viruses Among Children in Poland During the 2017/18 Epidemic Season

Influenza is an infectious disease that is a threat to both children and adults. The most effective way to prevent infections among children is seasonal vaccination in every epidemic season, which is recommended from the age of 6 months onward. This study is a report of the prevalence of influenza i...

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Autores principales: Łuniewska, K., Szymański, K., Hallmann-Szelińska, E., Kowalczyk, D., Sałamatin, R., Masny, A., Brydak, L. B.
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Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31201622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/5584_2019_393
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author Łuniewska, K.
Szymański, K.
Hallmann-Szelińska, E.
Kowalczyk, D.
Sałamatin, R.
Masny, A.
Brydak, L. B.
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Szymański, K.
Hallmann-Szelińska, E.
Kowalczyk, D.
Sałamatin, R.
Masny, A.
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description Influenza is an infectious disease that is a threat to both children and adults. The most effective way to prevent infections among children is seasonal vaccination in every epidemic season, which is recommended from the age of 6 months onward. This study is a report of the prevalence of influenza infection in the population of children up to the age of 14 years and of the type of influenza virus involved during the 2017/18 epidemic season in Poland. We found that influenza A and B viruses co-dominated in the season. Among the influenza A viruses, A/H1N1/ pdm09 subtype was a more frequent source of infection than A/H3N2/ subtype. In addition, the prevalence of infection was re-analyzed in children stratified into the age groups of 0–4, 5–9, and 10–14 years old. We found a relation between the age of a child and the type of influenza virus causing infection. The youngest children under 4 years were the most vulnerable to both influenza and influenza-like infections; the former caused mostly by influenza A and the latter by RSV. In contradistinction, influenza B dominated in the oldest children aged 10–14 and RSV infections were not present in this age group. The characteristics of influenza viruses may however vary on the seasonal basis.
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spelling pubmed-71229752020-04-06 Infections Caused by Influenza Viruses Among Children in Poland During the 2017/18 Epidemic Season Łuniewska, K. Szymański, K. Hallmann-Szelińska, E. Kowalczyk, D. Sałamatin, R. Masny, A. Brydak, L. B. Advancements and Innovations in Health Sciences Article Influenza is an infectious disease that is a threat to both children and adults. The most effective way to prevent infections among children is seasonal vaccination in every epidemic season, which is recommended from the age of 6 months onward. This study is a report of the prevalence of influenza infection in the population of children up to the age of 14 years and of the type of influenza virus involved during the 2017/18 epidemic season in Poland. We found that influenza A and B viruses co-dominated in the season. Among the influenza A viruses, A/H1N1/ pdm09 subtype was a more frequent source of infection than A/H3N2/ subtype. In addition, the prevalence of infection was re-analyzed in children stratified into the age groups of 0–4, 5–9, and 10–14 years old. We found a relation between the age of a child and the type of influenza virus causing infection. The youngest children under 4 years were the most vulnerable to both influenza and influenza-like infections; the former caused mostly by influenza A and the latter by RSV. In contradistinction, influenza B dominated in the oldest children aged 10–14 and RSV infections were not present in this age group. The characteristics of influenza viruses may however vary on the seasonal basis. 2019-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7122975/ /pubmed/31201622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/5584_2019_393 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Szymański, K.
Hallmann-Szelińska, E.
Kowalczyk, D.
Sałamatin, R.
Masny, A.
Brydak, L. B.
Infections Caused by Influenza Viruses Among Children in Poland During the 2017/18 Epidemic Season
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title_short Infections Caused by Influenza Viruses Among Children in Poland During the 2017/18 Epidemic Season
title_sort infections caused by influenza viruses among children in poland during the 2017/18 epidemic season
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31201622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/5584_2019_393
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