[Biological characteristics of epidemic and interepidemic strains of the influenza A (H3N2) virus].

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[Biological characteristics of epidemic and interepidemic strains of the influenza A (H3N2) virus].

Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000

Ivanova N A, Taros L Iu, Nevedomskaia G N, Kudriavtseva V K, Medvedeva T E

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Comparative studies of biological properties of influenza A (H3N2) viruses isolated in the epidemics of 1980 and 1983 and in the interepidemic period of 1982 showed a sharp reduction of the biological activity of the interepidemic viruses as compared with that of the epidemic ones. This was manif...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Antigens, Viral
Cricetinae
Disease Outbreaks
Genes, Viral
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype
Influenza A virus
Influenza, Human
Mice
Mutation
Russia
Viral Interference

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