Epidemiologic study of influenza infection in Okinawa, Japan, from 2001 to 2007: Changing patterns of seasonality and prevalence of amantadine-resistant influenza A virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-629

  Suzuki, Yasushi ^a   Taira, Katsuya ^b   Saito, Reiko ^a   Nidaira, Minoru ^b   Okano, Shou ^b   Zaraket, Hassan ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a  

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

^b OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMINO ACID; PROTEIN HA1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 62749089372     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01760-08     Document Type: Article

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