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[h=4]Volume 21, Number 4?April 2015[/h] [h=4]Dispatch[/h] [h=1]Severity of Influenza A(H1N1) Illness and Emergence of D225G Variant, 2013?14 Influenza Season, Florida, USA[/h]
Nicole M. Iovine
, J. Glenn Morris, Kristianna Fredenburg, Kenneth Rand, Hassan Alnuaimat, Gloria Lipori, Joseph Brew, and John A. Lednicky
Author affiliations: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (N.M. Iovine, J.G. Morris Jr., K. Fredenburg, K. Rand, H. Alnuaimat, G. Lipori, J.A. Lednicky); Florida Department of Health, Gainesville (J. Brew)
Suggested citation for this article
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Despite a regional decline in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections during 2013?14, cases at a Florida hospital were more severe than those during 2009?10. Examined strains had a hemagglutinin polymorphism associated with enhanced binding to lower respiratory tract receptors. Genetic changes in this virus must be monitored to predict the effect of future pandemic viruses.
full article
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-1375_article
Nicole M. Iovine
, J. Glenn Morris, Kristianna Fredenburg, Kenneth Rand, Hassan Alnuaimat, Gloria Lipori, Joseph Brew, and John A. LednickyAuthor affiliations: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (N.M. Iovine, J.G. Morris Jr., K. Fredenburg, K. Rand, H. Alnuaimat, G. Lipori, J.A. Lednicky); Florida Department of Health, Gainesville (J. Brew)
Suggested citation for this article
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Despite a regional decline in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections during 2013?14, cases at a Florida hospital were more severe than those during 2009?10. Examined strains had a hemagglutinin polymorphism associated with enhanced binding to lower respiratory tract receptors. Genetic changes in this virus must be monitored to predict the effect of future pandemic viruses.
full article
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-1375_article