Ann Machablishvili:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4779-9801
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – original
draft
Giorgi Chakhunashvili: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysis
Khatuna Zakhashvili: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysis
Irakli Karseladze: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Investigation
Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curation
Mari Gavashelidze: Role: Investigation
Tamar Jashiashvili: Role: Investigation
Lela Sabadze: Role: Investigation
Paata Imnadze: Role: Supervision
Rodney S. Daniels: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Burcu Ermetal: Role: Formal analysis
John W. McCauley: Role: Writing – review & editing
Charles J. Russell: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
27
July
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0201207
Affiliations
[1
]
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia
[2
]
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
[3
]
Worldwide Influenza Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on
Influenza), The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-11496
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201207
PMC ID: 6063423
PubMed ID: 30052663
SO-VID: 0882b151-cbd0-4477-803d-1d0512f49ca0
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CDC, Atlanta, USA, provided financial support of influenza surveillance in Georgia.
The work performed at the Worldwide Influenza Centre (WHO CC, London), the Francis
Crick Institute was supported by core funding from Cancer Research UK (FC001030),
the Medical Research Council (FC001030) and the Wellcome Trust (FC001030).
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Research Article
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Infectious Diseases
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Viral Diseases
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Influenza
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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RNA viruses
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza Viruses
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Microbiology
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Medical Microbiology
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Microbial Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza Viruses
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Pathogens
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Microbial Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza Viruses
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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Viral Pathogens
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza Viruses
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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RNA viruses
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza viruses
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Influenza B virus
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Biology and life sciences
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Microbiology
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Medical microbiology
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Microbial pathogens
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Viral pathogens
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza viruses
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Influenza B virus
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Medicine and health sciences
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Pathology and laboratory medicine
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Pathogens
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Microbial pathogens
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Viral pathogens
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza viruses
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Influenza B virus
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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Viral pathogens
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Orthomyxoviruses
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Influenza viruses
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Influenza B virus
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Infectious Diseases
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Infectious Disease Control
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Vaccines
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Viral Vaccines
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Microbiology
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Virology
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Viral Vaccines
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Immune Serum
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Blood Serum
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Immune Serum
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Blood Serum
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Immune Serum
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Blood Serum
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Immune Serum
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Genetics
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Microbial Genetics
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Chemistry
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Chemical Compounds
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Amino Acids
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Amino Acid Substitution
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Chemistry
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Organic Compounds
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Amino Acids
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Biochemistry
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