Detection of amantadine-resistant influenza A virus strains in nursing homes by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with nasopharyngeal swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 84-88

  Saito, R ^a   Oshitani, H ^a   Masuda, H ^a   Suzuki, H ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMANTADINE; ASPARAGINE; ENDONUCLEASE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

AGED; AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; NASOPHARYNX; NURSING HOMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036135676     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.84-88.2002     Document Type: Article

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