Isolation of an influenza C virus introduced into Japan by a traveler from Malaysia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 993-995

  Matsuzaki, Yoko ^a   Sato, Katsuhiko ^b   Sugawara, Kanetsu ^a   Takashita, Emi ^a   Muraki, Yasushi ^a   Morishita, Takayuki ^b   Kumagai, Norimichi ^c   Suzuki, Sousuke ^c,d   Hongo, Seiji ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Nagoya Intl Airport Quarantine Off   (Japan)

^d Center for Inspection of Imported Foods and Infectious Diseases   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRAVEL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA C VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 13844266120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.993-995.2005     Document Type: Article

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