New A/H3N2 influenza variant: A small genetic evolution but a heavy burden on the Italian population during the 2004-2005 season

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3027-3029

  Ansaldi, Filippo ^a   Icardi, Giancarlo ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^a   Campello, Cesare ^b   Puzelli, Simona ^c   Bella, Antonino ^c   Donatelli, Isabella ^c   Salmaso, Stefania ^c   Crovari, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 20444448070     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.3027-3029.2005     Document Type: Article

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