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Genetic diversity and antiviral drug resistance of pandemic H1N1 2009 in Lebanon.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jul 2011
Zaraket Hassan, Kondo Hiroki, Tabet Carelle, Hanna-Wakim Rima, Suzuki Yasushi, Dbaibo Ghassan S, Saito Reiko, Suzuki Hiroshi
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BACKGROUND: In June 2009, the World Health Organization announced the 21st century's first influenza pandemic caused by pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 (H1N1 pdm). OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to analyze antiviral drug resistance and the phylogenetic relationships among hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes of H1N1 pdm samples in Lebanon. STUDY DESIGN: Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from 197 patients with...
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