Influenza surveillance in Pune, India, 2003

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 906-909

  Rao, B L ^a   Yeolekar, L R ^a   Kadam, S S ^a   Pawar, M S ^a   Kulkarni, P B ^a   More, B A ^a   Khude, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

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EID: 27744581838     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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