Correlation of influenza virus excess mortality with antigenic variation: application to rapid estimation of influenza mortality burden.
The variants of human influenza virus have caused, and continue to cause, substantial morbidity and mortality. Timely and accurate assessment of their impact on human death is invaluable for influenza planning but presents a substantial challenge, as current approaches rely mostly on intensive and u...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2920844?pdf=render |