Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
March 2011
Objective: To study the antigenic and genetic characteristics of influenza A (H3N2) virus in the 2009 influenza epidemics in Chengdu.
Methods: The influenza virus strains were isolated with MDCK cells from 4869 samples taken from the sentinel surveillance in 2009 in Chengdu. Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and RT-PCR reaction tests were performed to guide the extraction of viral RNA from the culture fluid of the influenza A (H3N2) virus.
Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
July 2009
Objective: To predict the possibility of epidemic outbreak of meningitis by testing Neissria Meningitides in a healthy population in the Mianzhu post-earthquake residential area.
Methods: A simple random sampling strategy was adopted to collect 887 throat swabs from a healthy population in the Mainzhu post-earthquake residential area. The TaqMan assay were performed to detect Neissria Meningitides.