Influenza virus surveillance in Pakistan during 2008-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Badar, Nazish ^a   Aamir, Uzma Bashir ^a   Mehmood, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Nisar, Nadia ^a   Alam, Muhammad Masroor ^a   Kazi, Birjees Mazhar ^a   Zaidi, Syed Sohail Zahoor ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892500699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079959     Document Type: Article

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