Influenza vaccines and influenza antiviral drugs in Africa: Are they available and do guidelines for their use exist?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Duque, Jazmin ^a,b   McMorrow, Meredith L ^a,c   Cohen, Adam L ^a,c,d  

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

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiviral; Drugs; Influenza; Policy; Recommendations; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892407379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-41     Document Type: Article

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