title: Isolation of recent variant influenza types A(H3N2), A (H1N1) & B strains in Pune, India.
abstract: A total of 293 patients with influenza like illness were investigated during the course of continuous surveillance on influenza in Pune, India in 2000. The throat/nasal swab specimens collected from these patients were inoculated in MDCK cell culture and influenza types A(H3N2), A(H1N1) and type B strains were isolated. They were identified as similar to the recently prevalent variant strains; A/Sydney/05/97(H3N2), A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1) and B/Sichuan/379/99. The latter two were the new variant strains reported for the first time in Pune. It is important to note that A(H1N1) strains were isolated in Pune during 2000 after a gap of 10 yr.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Virology (ICMR), Pune, India.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kadam
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pawar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004285:Dogs; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology