Influenza surveillance in Korea: Establishment and first results of an epidemiological and virological surveillance scheme

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1117-1123

  Lee, J S ^a   Shin, K C ^b   Na, B K ^b   Lee, J Y ^b   Kang, C ^b   Kim, J H ^b   Park, O ^b   Jeong, E K ^b   Lee, J K ^b   Kwon, J W ^b   Park, S C ^c   Kim, Woo Joo ^c,d  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

EID: 34748902900     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807007820     Document Type: Article

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