Influenza seasonality and predominant subtypes of influenza virus in Guangdong, China, 2004-2012

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Jinyan ^a   Kang, Min ^a   Zhong, Haojie ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Yang, Fen ^a   Ni, Hangzhong ^a   Huang, Ping ^a   Hong, Teng ^a   Ke, Changwen ^a   He, Jianfeng ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Influenza; Seasonality; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904742193     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.08.09     Document Type: Article

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