Influenza activity in Thailand and occurrence in different climates

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Prachayangprecha, Slinporn ^a   Vichaiwattana, Preeyaporn ^a   Korkong, Sumeth ^a   Felber, Joshua A ^b   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza A; Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; Influenza A(H3N2); Influenza B; Influenza surveillance; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937834118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1149-6     Document Type: Article

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