Influenza A and B infection in children in urban slum, Bangladesh [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1507-1508

  Brooks, W Abdullah ^a,b,f   Terebuh, Pauline ^c   Bridges, Carolyn ^d   Klimov, Alexander ^d   Goswami, Doli ^a   Sharmeen, Amina Tahia ^a   Azim, Tasnim ^a   Erdman, Dean ^d   Hall, Henrietta ^d   Luby, Stephen ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Department of Community Health   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^f ICDDRB Division of Health Systems and Infectious Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LETTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35549002707     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1310.070368     Document Type: Letter

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