Tracking the emergence of pandemic influenza A/H1N1/2009 and its interaction with seasonal influenza viruses in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-294

  Tang, Julian W T ^a   Lee, Chun Kiat ^a   Lee, Hong Kai ^a   Loh, Tze Ping ^a   Chiu, Lily ^a   Tambyah, Paul A ^b   Koay, Evelyn S C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; H1N1; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 77952404331     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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