Influenza A Virus Subtype H3N2 as a New Threat for Iranian?

Shadbash, Piruz; Bahari Babadi, Marzieh

doi:10.32598/ARI.81.1.3979

Influenza A Virus Subtype H3N2 as a New Threat for Iranian?

Document Type : Letter to Editor

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¹ Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

² Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

10.32598/ARI.81.1.3979

Abstract

We write to urgently alert clinicians, public-health authorities, and the International Influenza Community to the rapidly evolving threat posed by Influenza A(H3N2) viruses in Iran and the surrounding region. Recent surveillance and field reports indicate an accelerating H3N2 wave in Iran coinciding with the global rise of a genetically divergent A(H3N2) subclade (“subclade K”), raising the possibility of increased morbidity, vaccine mismatch, and healthcare strain unless immediate coordinated actions are taken.

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