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Genetic diversity of influenza B virus: the frequent reassortment and cocirculation of the genetically distinct reassortant viruses in a community.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2004
Matsuzaki Yoko, Sugawara Kanetsu, Takashita Emi, Muraki Yasushi, Hongo Seiji, Katsushima Noriko, Mizuta Katsumi, Nishimura Hidekazu
Abstract excerpt
To characterize the genetic diversity of influenza B viruses isolated during one influenza season, the antigenic and genetic relationships among 20 strains of influenza B virus isolated in February and March 2001 at one pediatric clinic in Yamagata City, Japan, were investigated. The HA gene and seven other gene segments were phylogenetically divided into three distinct sublineages (Harbin/7/94-, Tokyo/6/98-, and...
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