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Het influenzaseizoen 2015/2016 in Nederland: beheerst door influenza A(H1N1)pdm09- en B/Victoria/2/87-lijn-virussen.

Jong, J.C. de, Meijer, A., Donker, G.A., Hoek, W. van der, Lange, M.M.A. de, Rimmelzwaan, G.F., Koopmans, M.P.G. Het influenzaseizoen 2015/2016 in Nederland: beheerst door influenza A(H1N1)pdm09- en B/Victoria/2/87-lijn-virussen. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie: 2016, 24(4), p. 181-187.
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The influenza epidemic in the 2015/2016 season in the Netherlands lasted for 11 weeks. The antigenically unchanged A(H1N1)pdm09-viruses prevailed. Also influenza B viruses from the phylogenetic lineage B/Victoria/2/87 were frequently detected. These were shown to differ antigenically from viruses of this lineage circulating since the 2013/2014 season. In contrast, the few isolated influenza B viruses from the phylogenetic lineage B/Yamagata/16/88 did not display substantial antigenic drift. Influenza A(H3N2)-viruses were rarely observed in the 2015/2016 season. Whether they deviated antigenically from the A(H3N2)-viruses circulating in the previous season could not be assessed.