Influenza in tropical regions
Cécile Viboud, Wladimir J Alonso, Lone Simonsen, Cécile Viboud, Wladimir J Alonso, Lone Simonsen
Abstract
Viboud and colleagues discuss the implications of a new study by Peiris et al. that assesses the burden of influenza in Hong Kong.
Conflict of interest statement
Competing Interests: The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
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