Characterization of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiomes of Patients with Pandemic H1N1 Influenza

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chaban, Bonnie ^a   Albert, Arianne ^b   Links, Matthew G ^a,c   Gardy, Jennifer ^d   Tang, Patrick ^d,e   Hill, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CPN60 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84879740467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069559     Document Type: Article

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