Outbreak of H3N2 influenza at a US military base in Djibouti during the H1N1 pandemic of 2009

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Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Cosby, Michael T ^a   Pimentel, Guillermo ^b   Nevin, Remington L ^c   Ahmed, Salwa Fouad ^a   Klena, John D ^d   Amir, Ehab ^a   Younan, Mary ^a   Browning, Robert ^e   Sebeny, Peter J ^b  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DJIBOUTI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PANDEMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891942761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082089     Document Type: Article

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