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Surveillance for Severe Acute Respiratory Infections among Hospitalized Subjects from 2015/2016 to 2019/2020 Seasons in Tuscany, Italy

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  • Ilaria Manini

    (Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
    Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Via Pastore 1, 16132 Genoa, Italy)

  • Andrea Camarri

    (Emergency and Transplants Department, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy)

  • Serena Marchi

    (Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy)

  • Claudia Maria Trombetta

    (Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
    Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Via Pastore 1, 16132 Genoa, Italy)

  • Ilaria Vicenti

    (Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy)

  • Filippo Dragoni

    (Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy)

  • Giacomo Lazzeri

    (Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
    Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Via Pastore 1, 16132 Genoa, Italy)

  • Giovanni Bova

    (Emergency and Transplants Department, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy)

  • Emanuele Montomoli

    (Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
    Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Via Pastore 1, 16132 Genoa, Italy
    VisMederi S.r.l., Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo 35, 53100 Siena, Italy)

  • Pier Leopoldo Capecchi

    (Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy)

Abstract

In Italy, the influenza season lasts from October until April of the following year. Influenza A and B viruses are the two viral types that cocirculate during seasonal epidemics and are the main causes of respiratory infections. We analyzed influenza A and B viruses in samples from hospitalized patients at Le Scotte University Hospital in Siena (Central Italy). From 2015 to 2020, 182 patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections were enrolled. Oropharyngeal swabs were collected from patients and tested by means of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction to identify influenza A(H3N2), A(H1N1)pdm09 and B. Epidemiological and virological surveillance remain an essential tool for monitoring circulating viruses and possible mismatches with seasonal vaccine strains, and provide information that can be used to improve the composition of influenza vaccines.

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  • Ilaria Manini & Andrea Camarri & Serena Marchi & Claudia Maria Trombetta & Ilaria Vicenti & Filippo Dragoni & Giacomo Lazzeri & Giovanni Bova & Emanuele Montomoli & Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, 2021. "Surveillance for Severe Acute Respiratory Infections among Hospitalized Subjects from 2015/2016 to 2019/2020 Seasons in Tuscany, Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:8:p:3875-:d:531636
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