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Molecular evolution of human influenza A viruses in a local area during eight influenza epidemics from 2000 to 2007.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2009
Zaraket Hassan, Saito Reiko, Sato Isamu, Suzuki Yasushi, Li Danjuan, Dapat Clyde, Caperig-Dapat Isolde, Oguma Taeko, Sasaki Asami, Suzuki Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
A total of 1,041 human influenza A virus isolates were collected at a clinic in Niigata, Japan, during eight influenza seasons from 2000 to 2007. The H3N2 subtype accounted for 75.4% of the isolates, and the rest were H1N1. Extremely high rates of amantadine-resistant strains of H3N2 subtype were observed in 2005/2006 (100%) and 2006/2007 (79.4%), while amantadine-resistant strains of H1N1 subtype were only...
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