1998년도 부산지역에서의 Influenza 바이러스의 분리 = Isolation and Identification of Influenza Virus from Pusan in 1998

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This study was performed to monitor the circulation of various influenza virus strains since influenza is one of the commonest respiratory disease in man, its causative virus has been the subjects of extensive research. The authors investigated the epidemics of influenza in Pusan in 1998. Influenza viruses have been isolated from patients with respiratory disease whose ages range from 1 to 68. Virus isolation from female was higher than male. The isolation of virus was mostly concentrated in December in 1998. The isolated virus showed strong cytopathic effect on MDCK cells and identified as influenza A/Sydney/05/97-like(H3N2) and influenza A/Beijing/262/95-like(H1N1). A negative staining of electron micrograph showed 130 ㎚ with H3N1 and 145 ㎚ with H1N1 in diameter, respectively.