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Laboratory and Epidmeiology Communications
Detection of Various Respiratory Viruses in Patients with Influenza-Like Illness before and after Emergence of the 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Okinawa
Masaji Nakamura1,2*, Katsuya Taira1, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi3, Kiyomasa Itokazu1, Minoru Nidaira1, Shou Okano1, Jun Kudaka1, Masahiro Noda4, Makoto Takeda4, and Hirokazu Kimura5
1Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Okinawa 901-1202; 2Okinawa Prefectural Chuo Meat Inspection Center, Okinawa 901-1202; 3Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Gunma 371-0052; and 4Department of Virology III and 5Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
Communicated by Masato Tashiro
(Accepted December 8, 2010)
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, 2085 Ozato, Nanjo-shi, Okinawa 901-1202, Japan. Tel: +81-98-945-0785, Fax: +81-98-945-9366, E-mail: nakamuma@pref.okinawa.lg.jp