Article
Identification of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 variants during the first 2009 influenza outbreak in Mexico City.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2010
Zepeda Hector M, Perea-Araujo Lizbeth, Zarate-Segura Paola B, Vázquez-Pérez Joel A, Miliar-García Angel, Garibay-Orijel Claudio, Domínguez-López Aarón, Badillo-Corona Jesús A, López-Orduña Eduardo, García-González Octavio P, Villaseñor-Ruíz Ignacio, Ahued-Ortega Armando, Aguilar-Faisal Leopoldo, Bravo Jorge, Lara-Padilla Eleazar, García-Cavazos Ricardo J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In March 2009, public health surveillance detected increased numbers of influenza-like illness presenting to hospitals in Mexico City. The aetiological agent was subsequently determined to be a novel influenza A (H1N1) triple reassortant, which has spread worldwide. As a consequence the World Health Organisation has declared the first Influenza pandemic of the 21st century. OBJECTIVES: To describe...
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