Virological surveillance in Africa can contribute to early detection of new genetic and antigenic lineages of influenza viruses

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 270-277

  Barakat, Amal ^a,b   Benjouad, Abdelaziz ^b   Manuguerra, Jean Claude ^c   Aouad, Rajae El ^a   van der Werf, Sylvie ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Influenza A; Influenza B; Molecular characterization; Morocco; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; SIALIDASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOROCCO; PHYLOGENY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 79955858979     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1065     Document Type: Article

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