Influenza surveillance in Pune, India, 2003.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2005 Jul; 36(4): 906-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-35190
ABSTRACT
Influenza surveillance was conducted in Pune, India in 2003. A total of 573 throat swabs/ nasal swabs (TS/NS) and 190 nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) were collected from 763 in- and out-patients who were mostly children aged 0-16 years. TS/NS (507/573) and NPA (42/190) specimens were processed in MDCK cell cultures and identified with the hemagglutination inhibition test (HI). A total of 37 influenza viruses was isolated twenty-three type A (H3N2) and 14 type B of the Yamagata lineage were isolated from 29 children and 8 adults. Three type A (H3N2) isolates were characterized as being similar to A/Panama/2007/99 like, A/Korea/770/2000 like, and B/Sichuan/379/99 like strains.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Influenza B virus
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Time Factors
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Population Surveillance
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Disease Outbreaks
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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