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Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
Letter

Human Infection with Eurasian Avian-like Influenza A(H1N1) Virus, China

Da-Yan Wang1, Shun-Xiang Qi1, Xi-Yan Li, Jun-Feng Guo, Min-Ju Tan, Guang-Yue Han, Yan-Fang Liu, Yu Lan, Lei Yang, Wei-Juan Huang, Yan-Hui Cheng, Xiang Zhao, Tian Bai, Zhao Wang, He-Jiang Wei, Ning Xiao, and Yue-Long ShuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Insititute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC. Beijing, People’s Republic of China (D.-Y. Wang, X.-Y. Li, J.-F. Guo, M.-J. Tan, Y. Lan, L. Yang, W.-J. Huang, Y.-H. Cheng, X. Zhao, T. Bai, Z. Wang, N. Xiao, H.-J. Wei, Y.-L. Shu); Hebei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China (S.-X. Qi, G.-Y. Han, Y.-F. Liu)

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Table

Cross-reactive antibody response against avian-like influenza A(H1N1) virus in pediatric and adult recipients of seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines, China, 2013*†

Age
group, y Antigen Increase ≥4, %‡ Geometric mean titer
%Titer ≥40
%Titer ≥160
Before vac. After vac. Before vac. After vac. Before vac. After vac.
Children, n = 25 A/California/7/2009 60.0 21.1 121.3 44.0 84.0 16.0 60.0
3–5 HB/1250/12 24.0 12.8 25.7 28.0 56.0 0 24.0
Adults, n = 30 A/California/7/2009 70.0 14.8 156.3 26.7 76.7 0 60.0
18–59 HB/1250/12 6.7 8.1 31.7 6.7 56.7 0 23.3
Elderly adults, n = 30 A/California/7/2009 46.7 10.5 52.8 10.0 53.3 0 30.0
>60 HB/1250/12 26.7 5.7 11.5 0 26.7 0 6.7

*Vac., vaccination.
†All children received 2 doses of vaccine with an interval of 1 month. The composition of the trivalent vaccine were A/Christchurch/16/2010(NIB-74xp) (A/California/7/2009-like), A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2)IVR-165, and B/Hubei-Wujiagang/158/2009. Serum samples were obtained from vaccine recipients living in northern (children) and southern (adults and elderly adults) China.
‡Increase in antibody titer.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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