Detection of influenza A(H3N2) virus in children with suspected mumps during winter 2014/15 in England.
Influenza A(H3N2) virus was detected in oral fluid from 16/107 children (aged 2 to 12 years) with a clinical diagnosis of mumps, who were sampled between December 2014 and February 2015 in England, during the peak of the 2014/15 influenza season. Sequence analysis of an A(H3N2) virus from a child with suspected mumps showed the virus was similar to other circulating A(H3N2) viruses detected in winter 2014/15, which were antigenically drifted from the A(H3N2) vaccine strain.
Public Health England, Virus Reference Department, Colindale, London, United Kingdom.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D060085:Coinfection; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009109:Mumps virus; D010802:Phylogeny; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012621:Seasons; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012367:RNA, Viral