title: Influenza surveillance in Pune, India, 2003.
abstract: Influenza surveillance was conducted in Pune, India in 2003. A total of 573 throat swabs/ nasal swabs (TS/NS) and 190 nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) were collected from 763 in- and out-patients who were mostly children aged 0-16 years. TS/NS (507/573) and NPA (42/190) specimens were processed in MDCK cell cultures and identified with the hemagglutination inhibition test (HI). A total of 37 influenza viruses was isolated: twenty-three type A (H3N2) and 14 type B of the Yamagata lineage were isolated from 29 children and 8 adults. Three type A (H3N2) isolates were characterized as being similar to A/Panama/2007/99 like, A/Korea/770/2000 like, and B/Sichuan/379/99 like strains.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Yeolekar
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kadam
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: More
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Khude
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013997:Time Factors