Analysis of the surveillance results of children′s influenza from 2014 to 2015 in Guangzhou
10.3969/j.issn.1673-4130.2017.05.027
- VernacularTitle:2014-2015年广州地区儿童流感病毒监测结果分析
- Author:
Huanhui CHEN
;
Misi XIAO
;
Jianling KUANG
;
Tao LIN
;
Yi CHEN
- Keywords:
influenza virus;
epidemiological surveillance;
children
- From:
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2017;38(5):644-645,648
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristic of influenza in children in Guangzhou ,and provide the sci-entific basis for prevention .Methods A total of 20 throat swabs were collected from children with influenza-like illness(ILI) each week from 2014 to 2015 .A total of 2080 samples were obtained .The virus was isolated with MDCK cell line and virus type identi-fication were detected by real-time PCR .The relevant data was collected and analyzed epidemiologically .Results A total of 244 were detected positive in 2080 ILI cases in Guangzhou from 2014 to 2015 .The positive rate was 11 .7% .The positive rate of influ-enza virus reached peak in February and June in 2014 ,and the major type of influenza virus was new type H1N1 in February and H3N2 in June .The positive rate of influenza virus reached peak in March and June in 2015 ,and the major type of influenza virus were B type in March and H3N2 in June .Only one case of new H1N1 was detected in 2015 .The positive rate of influenza virus was 25 .6% in 3 to 6 years old ILI children which took larger part than other groups .Conclusion In Guangzhou ,the influenza virus epi-demic is more active in 2015 .The major type of influenza virus in the epidemic is seasonal type H 3N2 and B .Type A and type B appeared in the epidemic alternatively .The 3-6 year-old children are the high-risk group of influenza infection ,and should be monitored .
