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Distribution of influenza viruses in Northern Greece during 1972–1983

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

V. Kyriazopoulou-Dalaina
V. Kyriazopoulou-Dalaina
Affiliation:
Virus Unit, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Observations on the circulation of influenza viruses in Northern Greece during the winters of 1972/3 to 1982/3 are presented.

Influenza A viruses were detected every winter with the exception of those of 1973/4 and 1981/2, when neither type A nor type B was isolated. The strains of type A isolated during the study period were similar to those circulating world-wide over the same time scale.

Influenza B viruses were isolated only during the winters of 1972/3 and 1979/80; influenza A viruses were also circulating in the community at those times. The B strains detected were similar to those recorded world-wide during the period of study.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 263 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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