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

Euro Surveill. 2015 Aug 6;20(31):21203. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.31.21203.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • England / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / complications
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Mumps / epidemiology*
  • Mumps virus
  • Phylogeny
  • Population Surveillance*
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Seasons
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • RNA, Viral