Epidemiological and Virological Characterization of Influenza B Virus Infections

Sivan Sharabi; Yaron Drori; Michal Micheli; Nehemya Friedman; Sara Orzitzer; Ravit Bassal; Aharona Glatman-Freedman; Tamar Shohat; Ella Mendelson; Musa Hindiyeh; Michal Mandelboim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161195

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Epidemiological and Virological Characterization of Influenza B Virus Infections

Sivan Sharabi,

Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Yaron Drori,

Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Michal Micheli,

Affiliation Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel
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Nehemya Friedman,

Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Sara Orzitzer,

Affiliation Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel
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Ravit Bassal,

Affiliation The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
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Aharona Glatman-Freedman,

Affiliations The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel, Department of Family and Community Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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Tamar Shohat,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
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Ella Mendelson,

Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Musa Hindiyeh,

Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Michal Mandelboim

* E-mail: michalman@sheba.health.gov.il

Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, 52621, Israel, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Epidemiological and Virological Characterization of Influenza B Virus Infections

Sivan Sharabi,
Yaron Drori,
Michal Micheli,
Nehemya Friedman,
Sara Orzitzer,
Ravit Bassal,
Aharona Glatman-Freedman,
Tamar Shohat,
Ella Mendelson,
Musa Hindiyeh

Published: August 17, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161195

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