Seven integrated influenza surveillance systems in Taiwan

International Congress Series

Volumn 1219, Issue C, 2001, Pages 107-118

  King, Chwan Chuen ^a,b   Kao, Chuan Liang ^a   Liu, Ding Ping ^c   Cheng, Min Chu ^d   Yen, Hui Lin ^a,b   Lee, Min Shiuh ^e   Tsai, Ching Ping ^f   Shih, Shin Ru ^g   Shieh, Happy K ^e   Hsiu, Jen Pang ^c   Li, Shu Fang ^c   Chen, Hour Young ^c   Hsu, Hsu Mei ^c   Twu, Shing Jer ^c   Cox, Nancy J ^h   Webster, Robert G ^i,j  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Pig Research Institute Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^g CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

ⁱ ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j WHO Collaborating Center for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds   (United States)

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Author keywords

Influenza A; Interspecies transmission; Surveillance; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015719627     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00331-4     Document Type: Article

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