Molecular epidemiology and antigenic analyses of influenza A viruses H3N2 in Taiwan

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-222

  Lin, J H ^a,b   Chiu, S C ^a,c   Cheng, J C ^d   Chang, H W ^a   Hsiao, K L ^b   Lin, Y C ^b   Wu, H S ^a   Liu, H F ^b,c,e  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antigenicity; Epidemiology; Influenza virus; Phylogenetic evolution; Reassortment; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TAIWAN; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 78751621934     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03228.x     Document Type: Article

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