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Isolation of recent variant influenza types A(H3N2), A (H1N1) & B strains in Pune, India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Nov 2001
Rao B L, Kadam S S, Pawar M S
Abstract excerpt
A total of 293 patients with influenza like illness were investigated during the course of continuous surveillance on influenza in Pune, India in 2000. The throat/nasal swab specimens collected from these patients were inoculated in MDCK cell culture and influenza types A(H3N2), A(H1N1) and type B strains were isolated. They were identified as similar to the recently prevalent variant strains;...
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