A nationwide epidemic of influenza C virus infection in Japan in 2004

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 783-788

  Matsuzaki, Yoko ^a   Abiko, Chieko ^b   Mizuta, Katsumi ^b   Sugawara, Kanetsu ^a   Takashita, Emi ^a   Muraki, Yasushi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^c   Mikawa, Masahide ^d   Shimada, Shinichi ^e   Sato, Katsuhiko ^f   Kuzuya, Mitsutaka ^g   Takao, Shinichi ^h   Wakatsuki, Kiyoko ⁱ   Itagaki, Tsutomu ^j   Hongo, Seiji ^a   Nishimura, Hidekazu ^k  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Department of Bacteriology   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^g Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

^h Hiroshima Prefectural Univ   (Japan)

ⁱ Fukuoka City Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

^j Yamanobe Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^k SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA C VIRUS;

EID: 33947195929     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01555-06     Document Type: Article

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