Early co-circulation of different clades of influenza A/H1N1v pandemic virus in Northern Italy

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-20

  Pariani, E ^a   Piralla, A ^b   Frati, E ^a   Anselmi, G ^a   Campanini, G ^b   Rovida, F ^b   Ranghiero, A ^a   Percivalle, E ^b   Amendola, A ^a   Baldanti, F ^b   Zanetti, Alessandro R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Influenza A H1N1v; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79958816886     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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