Influenza in the tropics

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 457-458

  Leo, Yee Sin ^a   Lye, David C ^a   Chow, Angela ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; THREONINE;

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCREENING; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROAT CULTURE; TROPICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 67650513408     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70182-3     Document Type: Letter

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