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    Patterns of influenza B circulation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010–2017
    (Public Library of Science, 2019) Rakhee Palekar; Angel Rodríguez; Cinthia Avila; Gisela Badillo Barrera; Miriam Barrera; Hebleen Brenes; Alfredo Bruno; Nathalie El Omeiri; Rodrigo Fasce; Walquiria Ferreira de Almeida
    Influenza B is important in LAC with both B/Victoria and B/Yamagata circulating annually in all sub regions. During approximately one-third of the seasons, an influenza B vaccine mismatch was identified. Further analyses are needed to better characterize the medical and economic burden of each influenza B lineage, to examine the potential cross-protection of one vaccine lineage against the other circulating virus lineage, and to determine the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of using the quadrivalent vaccine rather than the trivalent influenza vaccine.