Heterosubtypic immunity to influenza: Right hypothesis, wrong comparison [7]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1613-

  Carrat, Fabrice ^a,b   Lavenu, Audrey ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHER EXACT TEST; HETEROSUBTYPIC IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33646938705     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503781     Document Type: Letter

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