1. Review of the 2017-2018 influenza season in the northern hemisphere.
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Hammond, Aspen, Laurenson-Schafer, Henry, Marsland, Madeleine, Besselaar, Terry, Fitzner, Julia, Vandemaele, Katelijn, and Wenqing Zhang
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INFLUENZA diagnosis , *INFLUENZA prevention , *INFLUENZA transmission , *INFLUENZA epidemiology , *SARS epidemiology , *DISEASES , *EPIDEMICS , *HOSPITAL care , *INFLUENZA , *INFLUENZA vaccines , *VIROLOGY , *GENETIC testing , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *DISEASE prevalence , *SEVERITY of illness index - Abstract
The article discusses a World Health Organization (WHO) report that reviews the 2017-2018 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. Topics include transmission characteristics of influenza in the region, illness and mortality data by geographical region, and distribution of virus subtypes by transmission zone. Also mentioned are interim estimates of vaccine effectiveness in the northern hemisphere during the period.
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- 2018