Influenza virus infectious in Lebanese children in the 2007-2008 season

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-138

  Zaraket, Hasan ^a   Dbaibo, G ^b   Salam, O ^b   Saito, R ^a   Suzuki, H ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; HEMAGGLUTININ FUSOGENIC PEPTIDE, INFLUENZA VIRUS; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEBANON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66849132236     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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