Phylogenetic analyses of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in university students at Tobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

• Published in: Microbiology and immunology Vol. 56; no. 4; p. 273
• Main Authors: Inoue, Emi, Ieko, Masahiro, Takahashi, Nobuhiko, Osawa, Yoshiaki, Okazaki, Katsunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Amino Acid Substitution; Cluster Analysis; Genotype; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus - genetics; Humans; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - classification; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - virology; Japan - epidemiology; Molecular Epidemiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Pandemics; Phylogeny; Polymorphism, Genetic; RNA, Viral - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Students; Universities; Japan

Pandemic influenza H1N1 virus (A[H1N1]pdm09) emerged in 2009. To determine the phylogeography of A(H1N1)pdm09 in a single population, 70 strains of the virus were isolated from university students or trainee doctors at Tobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, between September and December 2009. The nucleotide seq...