title: Distribution of influenza viruses in Northern Greece during 1972-1983.
abstract: Observations on the circulation of influenza viruses in Northern Greece during the winters of 1972/3 to 1982/3 are presented. Influenza A viruses were detected every winter with the exception of those of 1973/4 and 1981/2, when neither type A nor type B was isolated. The strains of type A isolated during the study period were similar to those circulating world-wide over the same time scale. Influenza B viruses were isolated only during the winters of 1972/3 and 1979/80; influenza A viruses were also circulating in the community at those times. The B strains detected were similar to those recorded world-wide during the period of study.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons