Quantifying the transmissibility of human influenza and its seasonal variation in temperate regions

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2010, Pages

  Truscott, James ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Hinsley, Wes ^a   Cauchemez, Simon ^a   Donnelly, Christl ^a   Ghani, Azra ^a   Ferguson, Neil ^a   Meeyai, Aronrag ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873348072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.RRN1125     Document Type: Article

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