Genetic characterization of the hemagglutinin of two strains of influenza B virus co-circulated in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-214

  Chan, Chi Ho ^a,b   Wu, Mang Che ^a   Huang, Ching Ting ^a   Wu, Keh Gong ^c   Liu, Wu Tse ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Meningoencephalitis; Nucleotide sequences; PCR; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHILD; GENES, VIRAL; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032838367     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199910)59:2<208::AID-JMV14>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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