Isolation of influenza A H1N2 viruses from an outbreak in Yokohama City during the 2001-2002 influenza season in Japan.
Emergence of Influenza A H1N2 viruses was documented worldwide during the 2001-2002 influenza season. In Japan, H1N2 viruses were isolated from two students of a junior high school in an influenza outbreak in Yokohama City, February 2001. Genetic and antigenic analyses demonstrated that the H1N2 viruses isolated in Japan shared common features with those isolated in other countries.
Kawakami
Chiharu
C
Yokohama City Institute of Health, Yokohama 235-0012, Japan.
Saito
Takehiko
T
Nakaya
Yoko
Y
Nakajima
Setsuko
S
Munemura
Tetsuya
T
Saikusa
Miwako
M
Noguchi
Yuzo
Y
Fujii
Kikushige
K
Takaoka
Mikio
M
Ito
Reiko
R
Saito
Toshinori
T
Odagiri
Takato
T
Tashiro
Masato
M
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000145:classification; D013997:Time Factors