Prevalence of the Antibody to Influenza C Virus in a Northern Luzon Highland Village, Philippines

MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1987, Pages 1137-1143

  Nishimura, Hidekazu ^a   Sugawara, Kanetsu ^a   Kitame, Fumio ^a   Nakamura, Kiyoto ^a   Sasaki, Hideo ^b  

^a Department of Bacteriolopv ^*  (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; MIDDLE AGE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHILIPPINES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0023554114     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1987.tb01348.x     Document Type: Article

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