Isolation of influenza A H1N2 viruses from an outbreak in Yokohama City during the 2001-2002 influenza season in Japan

Chiharu Kawakami; Takehiko Saito; Yoko Nakaya; Setsuko Nakajima; Tetsuya Munemura; Miwako Saikusa; Yuzo Noguchi; Kikushige Fujii; Mikio Takaoka; Reiko Ito; Toshinori Saito; Takato Odagiri; Masato Tashiro

Isolation of influenza A H1N2 viruses from an outbreak in Yokohama City during the 2001-2002 influenza season in Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2003 Jun;56(3):110-3.

Authors

Chiharu Kawakami¹, Takehiko Saito, Yoko Nakaya, Setsuko Nakajima, Tetsuya Munemura, Miwako Saikusa, Yuzo Noguchi, Kikushige Fujii, Mikio Takaoka, Reiko Ito, Toshinori Saito, Takato Odagiri, Masato Tashiro

Affiliation

¹ Yokohama City Institute of Health, Yokohama 235-0012, Japan.

PMID: 12944677

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Influenza A virus / genetics
Influenza A virus / immunology
Influenza A virus / isolation & purification*
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Japan / epidemiology
Reassortant Viruses / classification
Time Factors