Influenza at the beginning of the 21st century

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shindo, Nahoko ^a   Briand, Sylvie ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859408201     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.104653     Document Type: Editorial

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