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Analysis of the host-specific haemagglutination of influenza A(H1N1) viruses isolated in the 1995/6 season.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 1997
Morishita T, Nobusawa E, Luo S, Sato K, Nakajima S, Nakajima K
Abstract excerpt
Two phenotypes of human influenza A(H1N1) virus are currently circulating in Japan. One (group 1) agglutinates both chicken and goose red blood cells (CRBC and GRBC), the other (group 2) agglutinates GRBC but not CRBC. In the 1995/6 season, group 2 viruses accounted for 70% of the H1N1 viruses isolated in MDCK cells. The 1995/6 viruses were located on two branches of the genetic tree. One branch contained both...
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