Multisite virological influenza surveillance in India: 2004-2008

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Chadha, Mandeep S ^a   Broor, Shobha ^b   Gunasekaran, Palani ^c   Potdar, Varsha A ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^b   Chawla Sarkar, Mamta ^d   Biswas, Dipankar ^e   Abraham, Asha M ^f   Jalgaonkar, Suresh V ^g   Kaur, Harpreet ^h   Klimov, Alexander ⁱ   Lal, Renu B ⁱ   Moen, Ann ⁱ   Kant, Lalit ^h   Mishra, Akhilesh C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^e REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^f CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Influenza strains; Multisite surveillance; Vaccine strains

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; COUGHING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VACCINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84855327684     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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