MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF INFLUENZA B VIRUS OUTBREAK ON A CRUISE SHIP IN BRAZIL 2012

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF INFLUENZA B VIRUS OUTBREAK ON A CRUISE SHIP IN BRAZIL 2012

In February 2012, an outbreak of respiratory illness occurred on the cruise ship MSC Armonia in Brazil. A 31-year-old female crew member was hospitalized with respiratory failure and subsequently died. To study the etiology of the respiratory illness, tissue taken at necropsy from the deceased woman...

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Main Authors: Samanta Etel Treiger Borborema, Daniela Bernardes Borges da Silva, Kátia Corrêa Oliveira Silva, Margarete Aparecida Benega Pinho, Suely Pires Curti, Terezinha Maria de Paiva, Cecília Luiza Simões Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Influenza B
Sequencing
rRT-PCR
Outbreak
Acute respiratory infection
Cruise ship
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