GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data – from vision to reality

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2017, Pages

  Shu, Yuelong ^a   McCauley, John ^b  

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

^b THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1); EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PATENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85017253629     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.13.30494     Document Type: Editorial

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