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Molecular epidemiology and complete genome characterization of H1N1pdm virus from India.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Sharma Shashi, Joshi Gaurav, Dash Paban K, Thomas Maria, Athmaram Thimmasandra N, Kumar Jyoti S, Desai Anita, Vasanthapuram Ravi, Patro Ishan K, Rao Putcha V L, Parida Manmohan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Influenza A virus is one of world's major uncontrolled pathogen, causing seasonal epidemic as well as global pandemic. This was evidenced by recent emergence and continued prevalent 2009 swine origin pandemic H1N1 Influenza A virus, provoking first true pandemic in the past 40 years. In the course of its evolution, the virus acquired many mutations and multiple unidentified molecular determinants are...
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