Segregation of virulent influenza A(H1N1) variants in the lower respiratory tract of critically ill patients during the 2010-2011 seasonal epidemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Piralla, Antonio ^a   Pariani, Elena ^b   Rovida, Francesca ^a   Campanini, Giulia ^a   Muzzi, Alba ^a   Emmi, Vincenzo ^a   Iotti, Giorgio A ^a   Pesenti, Antonio ^c   Conaldi, Pier Giulio ^d   Zanetti, Alessandro ^b   Baldanti, Fausto ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; ITALY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASONS; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83355176482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028332     Document Type: Article

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