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Molecular characterization and comparative analysis of pandemic H1N1/2009 strains with co-circulating seasonal H1N1/2009 strains from eastern India.
Archives of virology - 1 Feb 2011
Sarkar Mehuli, Agrawal Anurodh S, Sharma Dey Rakhi, Chattopadhyay Shiladitya, Mullick Ranajoy, De Papiya, Chakrabarti Sekhar, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta
Abstract excerpt
During the peak outbreak (July-September 2009), a total 1886 patients were screened in eastern India, of which 139 (7.37%) and 52 (2.76%) were positive for pH1N1 and seasonal H1N1, respectively. Full-length HA1, NA, NS1 and PB1-F2 genes of representative strains were sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis of deduced amino acid sequences of pH1N1 strains revealed HA1 and NS1 to be of North American swine lineage, and...
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