Unexplained respiratory disease outbreak working group activities - worldwide, March 2007-September 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 480-483

  Cieslak, Paul R ^a   Britt, April S ^b   Hicks, Lauri ^b   Conklin, Laura ^b   Van Beneden, Chris ^b   Garrison, Laurel E ^b   Winchell, Jonas ^b   Schneider, Eileen ^c   Erdman, Dean ^c   Fry, Alicia ^d   Jain, Seema ^d   Uyeki, Tim ^d   Finelli, Lyn ^d   Lindstrom, Steve ^d   Div, Influenza ^d   Clark, Thomas A ^d   Tondella, Maria Lucia ^d   Shieh, Wun Ju ^e   Zaki, Sherif ^e   Fleming Dutra, Katherine E ^f  

^a OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b Div of Bacterial Diseases   (United States)

^c Div of Viral Diseases   (United States)

^d National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84864965436     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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