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30-11-2024

Influenzaseizoen 2023/2024 in Nederland: een seizoen met vooral A(H1N1)pdm09influenzavirus.

Koel, B., Meijer, A., Hooiveld, M, Lange, M. de, Eggink, D., Koopmans, M., Gageldonk-Lafeber, R. van, Fouchier, R. Influenzaseizoen 2023/2024 in Nederland: een seizoen met vooral A(H1N1)pdm09influenzavirus. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie: 2024. 32(4), p. 176-183
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The 2023/2024 influenza epidemic in the Netherlands started in week 3 of 2024 and continued for nine weeks. During the influenza epidemic, the weekly incidence of patients with influenza-like illness reported by sentinel
general practices was above the threshold for increased activity for four weeks. Approximately 70 per cent of the influenza viruses from all surveillance sources belonged to subtype A(H1N1)pdm09, and about 30 percent to subtype A(H3N2). Influenza B viruses were rarely detected, and all for which the lineage could be determined belonged to the Victoria lineage. Several viruses were detected with changes in amino acid positions that may contribute to antigenic variation. One A(H1N1)pdm09 virus and three A(H3N2) viruses out of the 43 tested influenza A and B viruses showed reduced titers to sera raised against vaccine strains in the hemagglutination inhibition test. Thirtyfour A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were found with mutations indicating (significantly) reduced sensitivity to oseltamivir. People who were vaccinated against influenza this season were 51 percent less likely to get influenza.
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