Isolation of recent variant influenza types A(H3N2), A (H1N1) & B strains in Pune, India.

Rao, B L; Kadam, S S; Pawar, M S

Isolation of recent variant influenza types A(H3N2), A (H1N1) & B strains in Pune, India.

Date

2001-11-25

Authors

Rao, B L

Kadam, S S

Pawar, M S

Abstract

A total of 293 patients with influenza like illness were investigated during the course of continuous surveillance on influenza in Pune, India in 2000. The throat/nasal swab specimens collected from these patients were inoculated in MDCK cell culture and influenza types A(H3N2), A(H1N1) and type B strains were isolated. They were identified as similar to the recently prevalent variant strains; A/Sydney/05/97(H3N2), A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1) and B/Sichuan/379/99. The latter two were the new variant strains reported for the first time in Pune. It is important to note that A(H1N1) strains were isolated in Pune during 2000 after a gap of 10 yr.

Citation

Rao BL, Kadam SS, Pawar MS. Isolation of recent variant influenza types A(H3N2), A (H1N1) & B strains in Pune, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2001 Nov; 114(): 157-9