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SUBMITTER: Espinola EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4200701 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Espínola Emilio E EE Amarilla Alberto A AA Martínez Magaly M Aquino Víctor H VH Russomando Graciela G
The open virology journal 20140929
Influenza virus is associated with upper respiratory tract infections. The fourth influenza pandemic was declared in 2009. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic variability of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus circulating in Paraguay. Nasal swabs were collected from 181 patients with flu symptoms managed at the Hospital of the Medical School in Asunción, Paraguay, between August and October 2009. Virus detection was carried out by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ...[more]