Emergence of Swine flu in Andhra Pradesh: Facts and future

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-323

  Venkataramana, Musturi ^a   Vindal, Vaibhav ^a   Kondapi, Anand K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; H1N1; Influenza; Swine flu

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; SUIDAE;

EID: 73549091039     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0057-2     Document Type: Review

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