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Epidemiologic study of human influenza virus infection in South Korea from 1999 to 2007: origin and evolution of A/Fujian/411/2002-like strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2010
Kang Seokha, Yang In Seok, Lee Joo-Yeon, Park Yiho, Oh Hee-Bok, Kang Chun, Kim Kyung Hyun
Abstract excerpt
Influenza epidemics arise through the accumulation of viral genetic changes, culminating in a novel antigenic type that is able to escape host immunity. Following an outbreak of the A/Fujian/411/2002-like strains in Asia, including China, Japan, and South Korea, in 2002, Australia and New Zealand experienced substantial outbreaks of the same strains in 2003, and subsequently worldwide outbreaks occurred in the...
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