Phylogenetic analysis of the entire genome of influenza A (H3N2) viruses from Japan: Evidence for genetic reassortment of the six internal genes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 8021-8031

  Lindstrom, Stephen E ^a   Hiromoto, Yasuaki ^a,b   Nerome, Reiko ^a   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^a   Sugita, Shigeo ^c   Yamazaki, Yoshinao ^a,d   Takahashi, Tomoko ^b   Nerome, Kuniaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0031664798     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.10.8021-8031.1998     Document Type: Article

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