High frequency of amantadine-resistant influenza A (H3N2) viruses in the 2005-2006 season and rapid detection of amantadine-resistant influenza A (H3N2) viruses by MAMA-PCR

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 202-204

  Hata, Mami ^a   Tsuzuki, Masako ^b   Goto, Yasuhiro ^c   Kumagai, Norimichi ^d   Harada, Miki ^d   Hashimoto, Michiko ^d   Tanaka, Seidai ^a   Sakae, Kenji ^b,e   Kimura, Takashi ^b   Minagawa, Hiroko ^a   Miyazaki, Yutaka ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Kami iida Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^e Aichi Food Hygiene Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; JAPAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 34548393744     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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