Existence of reassortant A (H1N2) swine influenza viruses in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

International Congress Series

Volumn 1263, Issue C, 2004, Pages 749-753

  Shimada, Shin'ichi ^a   Ohtsuka, Takayasu ^b   Tanaka, Masayuki ^b   Mimura, Munehito ^c   Shinohara, Michiyo ^a   Uchida, Kazue ^a   Segawa, Yukari ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Kumagaya Meat Inspection Ctr S   (Japan)

^c Saitama Prefectural Chuo Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

A (H1N2); Reassortant virus; Swine influenza

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951929544     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.02.095     Document Type: Article

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