An outbreak of influenza A(H3N2) in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India, in 2011

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 362-367

  Peter, Sam ^a   Balakrishnan, Anukumar ^a   Potdar, Varsha A ^b   Chadha, Mandeep S ^b   Jadhav, Santosh M ^b  

^a Ground Floor Block 'C' Medical College Hospital Complex   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Influenza A(H3N2); Influenza virus; Influenza like illness; Kerala; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PRIMER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; VIRUS RNA; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; RIGOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSE MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS CULTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927946161     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5723     Document Type: Article

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