Swine flu update: Bringing home the bacon

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 138-140

  Senanayake, Sanjaya N ^a,b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349567223     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02721.x     Document Type: Article

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