Severity of the two post-pandemic influenza seasons 2010-11 and 2011-12 in Northern Greece

Hippokratia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-152

  Melidou, Angeliki ^a   Exindari, M ^a   Gioula, G ^a   Malisiovas, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Influenza; Molecular; Northern Greece; Post pandemic; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GREECE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

EID: 84881281113     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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