Determination of predominance of influenza virus strains in the Americas

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1209-1212

  Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a   Garten, Rebecca J ^a   Palekar, Rakhee ^a,b   Cerpa, Mauricio ^b   Mirza, Sara ^a   Ropero, Alba Maria ^b   Palomeque, Francisco S ^a   Moen, Ann ^a   Bresee, Joseph ^a   Shaw, Michael ^a   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^a  

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

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VIROLOGY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84931352894     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2107.140788     Document Type: Article

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