Characterization of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses isolated from Nepalese and Indian outbreak patients in early 2015

This work was supported, in part, by a Grant-in-Aid for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan, as well as by JSPS KAKENHI grant JP26460816. DFB and DJS wish to acknowledge the support received from the Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis (CRIP) funded by the NIAID and BARDA contracts HHSN272201400008C and HHSO100201500033C, respectively.