Detection of influenza A(H3N2) virus in children with suspected mumps during winter 2014/15 in England

C I Thompson; J Ellis; M Galiano; M Ramsay; K E Brown; M Zambon

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.31.21203

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Detection of influenza A(H3N2) virus in children with suspected mumps during winter 2014/15 in England
C I Thompson¹ , J Ellis¹ , M Galiano¹ , M Ramsay² , K E Brown¹ , M Zambon¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Public Health England, Virus Reference Department, Colindale, London, United Kingdom ² Public Health England, Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety Department, Colindale, London, United Kingdom

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C Thompson
catherine.thompson phe.gov.uk
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Citation style for this article: Thompson C I, Ellis J, Galiano M, Ramsay M, Brown K E, Zambon M. Detection of influenza A(H3N2) virus in children with suspected mumps during winter 2014/15 in England. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(31):pii=21203. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.31.21203 Received: 24 Jul 2015

Abstract

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.