Isolation of the new variant influenza A (H3N2) strains during an outbreak in Pune, February, 1996.
During January-February, 1996, an outbreak of influenza-like illness occurred in Pune. The throat and nasal swabs collected from the patients during this outbreak were processed in MDCK and LLC-MK2 cell cultures and influenza A(H3N2) viruses were isolated. They were identified as being similar to the recent circulating global strains A/Johannesburg/33/94 and A/Wuhan/359/95.
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National Institute of Virology, Pune.
Wairagkar
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Ranadive
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D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*