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Characterization of human Influenza Viruses in Lebanon during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 post-pandemic seasons.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2014
Zaraket Hassan, Dapat Clyde, Ghanem Soha, Ali Zainab, Lteif Mireille, Kondo Hiroki, Dapat Isolde C, Saito Kousuke, Kayali Ghazi, Suzuki Hiroshi, Dbaibo Ghassan, Saito Reiko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To genetically characterize human influenza viruses and their susceptibilities to antivirals during two post-pandemic seasons in Lebanon. METHODS: Influenza virus was isolated from nasopharyngeal swabs that were obtained from patients with influenza-like illness during 2010-2012 and further analyzed both phenotypically and genotypically. RESULTS: During the 2010-2011 season, both 2009 pandemic H1N1...
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