Molecular analysis of human influenza virus in Tehran, Iran

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Soltani, Z ^a,b   Hosseini, M ^b   Shahidi, M ^a   Hedayati, M ^c   Kheiri, M T ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

A H1N1; A H3N2; Hemagglutinin gene; Influenza virus, Tehran; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; HEMAGGLUTININ FUSOGENIC PEPTIDE, INFLUENZA VIRUS; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOSE MUCOSA; PHARYNX; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IRAN; NASAL MUCOSA; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 65449190198     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000214634     Document Type: Article

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