The molecular characterization of influenza virus strains isolated in South Africa during 1993 and 1994

Research in Virology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 239-245

  Besselaar, T G ^a   Blackburn, N K ^a   Schoub, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Haemagglutinin; Immunogenicity; Influenza virus; Molecular epidemiology; Sequencing; South Africa; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029683885     PISSN: 09232516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2516(96)89655-5     Document Type: Article

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