Antigenic and Molecular Analysis of Influenza A (H3N2) Virus Strains Isolated from A Localised Influenza Outbreak in South Africa in 2003

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Besselaar, Terry G ^a   Botha, Lizelle ^a   McAnerney, Jo M ^a   Schoub, Barry D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Disease; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Haemagglutinin; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

A FUJIAN 411 02 LIKE INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N3; A PANAMA 2007 99 INLFUENZA VIRUS A VACCINE STRAIN; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N3; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORADIC INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 1842612619     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20063     Document Type: Article

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