Tackling the next influenza pandemic

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7453, 2004, Pages 1391-1392

  Balicer, Ran D ^a   Huerta, Michael ^a   Grotto, Itamar ^a  

^a Israeli Working Grp Influenza P   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR;

EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2942733395     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1391     Document Type: Editorial

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