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Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1327-1328

  Pelat, Camille ^a,b   Turbelin, Clément ^a,b   Bar Hen, Avner ^c   Flahault, Antoine ^d   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; CHICKENPOX; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 68049106300     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.090299     Document Type: Letter

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