influenza
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Toyama
National Hospital Organization Toyama Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: influenza infected patients who agree to join the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with difficulty in obtaining nasophryngeal swabs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determination of viral infectivity in nasopharyngeal swab using MDCK cells. Effects of trypsin treatment of nasopharyngeal swabs on the virus titers would clarify the role of the nasopharyngeal surface. Effect of subtype of influenza infectivity. Subtype is determined by the sequence and the correlation between infectivity and the sbutype is analyzed. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKimiyasu Shiraki
University of Toyama Department of Virology
Outcome results
None listed