WGS of Influenza B (Victoria)
Participants who reported ARI-related symptoms were invited to the study clinic to provide mid-turbinate, nasal, and oropharyngeal swab specimens. Conventional two steps RT-PCR whole genome amplification were set up in duplicates using 8 pairs or universal primers. Plasmids containing clonal influenza A and B genome segments from participants in the same cohort were sequenced alongside the influenza samples. Samples and plasmids were sequenced on Miseq.