Genetic drift influenza A(H3N2) virus hemagglutinin (HA) variants originated during the last pandemic turn out to be predominant in the 2011-2012 season in Northern Italy

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 252-260

  Pariani, Elena ^a   Amendola, Antonella ^a   Ebranati, Erika ^b   Ranghiero, Alberto ^a   Lai, Alessia ^b   Anselmi, Giovanni ^a   Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^b   Zanetti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

A(H3N2) virus; Epidemiology; Influenza; Phylogeny; Time scaled phylogeny; Viral evolution

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN VARIANT; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLADISTICS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DRIFT; HEMAGGLUTININ GENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUMMER; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETIC DRIFT; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANDEMICS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874752072     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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