Immunity status against influenza A subtype H7N9 and other avian influenza viruses in a high-risk group and the general population in India

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-161

  Pawar, Shailesh D ^a   Tandale, Babasaheb V ^a   Gurav, Yogesh K ^a   Parkhi, Saurabh S ^a   Kode, Sadhana S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INDIA; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84904329164     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu033     Document Type: Letter

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