The inexact science of influenza prediction

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9409, 2004, Pages 582-583

  Zambon, Maria ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; SIALIDASE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS RECEPTOR; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPIDEMIC; FOWL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1342329452     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15624-9     Document Type: Note

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