Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Research
Frequent Genetic Mismatch between Vaccine Strains and Circulating Seasonal Influenza Viruses, Hong Kong, China, 1996–2012
Martin C.W. Chan, Maggie H. Wang, Zigui Chen, David S.C. Hui, Angela K. Kwok, Apple C.M. Yeung, Kun M. Liu, Yun Kit Yeoh, Nelson Lee1, and Paul K.S. Chan
Figure 1
Figure 1. Seasonality of influenza A and B, Hong Kong, China, 1996–2012. The numbers of patients hospitalized with acute respiratory illnesses and who had laboratory-confirmed influenza were retrieved from a computerized laboratory information system at the microbiology department of a district general hospital that serves 9% (0.6 million) of Hong Kong’s population. Pink indicates summer season; blue indicates winter season.
1Current affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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