Preliminary implications for Europe of the 2011 influenza season in five temperate southern hemisphere countries

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Lopez Chavarrias, V ^a   Broberg, E ^a   Nicoll, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE; OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84855301781     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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