Influenza surveillance from November 2008 to 2011; including pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Bhutan

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-430

  Wangchuk, Sonam ^a   Thapa, Binay ^a   Zangmo, Sangay ^a   Jarman, Richard G ^b   Bhoomiboonchoo, Piraya ^b   Gibbons, Robert V ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bhutan; H1N1; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BHUTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876500984     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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