Influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Identifying the unknowns for detection and control of epidemic and pandemic threats

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 428-429

  Malik, Mamunur ^a   Mahjour, Jaouad ^a   Khan, Wasiq ^a   Alwan, Ala ^a  

^a WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1); DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84990188491     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2016.22.7.428     Document Type: Editorial

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