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Influenza
Studies from K. Bragstad et al add new findings in the area of influenza
July 30th, 2008
According to recent research from Copenhagen, Denmark, "Knowledge about the complete genome constellation of seasonal influenza A viruses from different countries is valuable for monitoring and understanding of the evolution and migration of strains. Few complete genome sequences of influenza A viruses from Europe are publicly available at the present time and there have been few longitudinal genome studies of human influenza A viruses." "We have studied the evolution of circulating human H3N2, H1N1 and H1N2 influenza A viruses from 1999 to 2006, we analysed 234 Danish human influenza A viruses and characterised 24 complete genomes. H3N2 was the prevalent strain in...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-30)
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