Surveillance of human influenza A(H3N2) virus from 1999 to 2009 in southern Italy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 933-939

  De Donno, A ^a   Idolo, A ^a   Quattrocchi, M ^a   Zizza, A ^b   Gabutti, G ^c   Romano, A ^a   Grima, P ^d   Donatelli, I ^e   Guido, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Operative Unit of Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

H3N2 strain; influenza; southern Italy; virological surveillance

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HA GENE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ITALY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84897053163     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881300201X     Document Type: Article

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