Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 65 (4), 363-367, 2012
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Masatsugu Obuchi1*, Shoichi Toda2, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi3, Teruko Oogane4, Chieko Abiko5, Keiji Funatogawa4, Katsumi Mizuta5, Komei Shirabe2, Kunihisa Kozawa3, Masahiro Noda6, Hirokazu Kimura6, and Masato Tashiro1
1Influenza Virus Research Center and 6Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011; 2Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi 753-0821; 3Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Gunma 371-0052; 4Tochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Tochigi 329-1196; and 5Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata 990-0031, Japan
Communicated by Makoto Takeda
(Accepted June 8, 2012)
*Corresponding author: Present address: Department of Virology, Toyama Institute of Health, 17-1 Nakataikoyama, Imizu-shi, Toyama 939-0363, Japan. Tel: +81-766-56-8143, Fax: +81-766-56-7326, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.