A new antigenic variant of human influenza A (H3N2) virus isolated from airport and community surveillance in Taiwan in early 2009

Virus Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Yang, Ji Rong ^a   Lin, Chao Hua ^a   Chen, Chun Jung ^a   Liu, Jian Liang ^a   Huang, Yuan Pin ^a   Kuo, Chuan Yi ^a   Yao, Ching Yuan ^a   Hsu, Li Ching ^a   Lo, Je ^a   Ho, Yu Lin ^a   Wu, Ho Sheng ^a,b   Liu, Ming Tsan ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A new variant; Genetic and antigenic analysis; Influenza A virus

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AIRPORT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSURVEILLANCE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FERRETS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 77952742244     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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