Epidemiological characteristics, clinical presentation and diagnosis at point-of-care during the first wave of the h1n1 influenza pandemic in Cambodia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-77

  Yasuda, Chadwick ^a   Sovann, Ly ^b   Kasper, Matthew ^a   Williams, Maya ^a   Wierzba, Thomas F ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit 2   (Cambodia)

^b Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Clinical; Epidemiology; Influenza; Mortality; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863413422     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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