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Rapid Molecular Detection and Differentiation of Influenza Viruses A and B
Published on: January 30, 2017
Influenza outbreaks in Singapore: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Julian W Tang1, Tze Ping Loh, Paul A Tambyah
1Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J2, Canada. julian.tang@albertahealthservices.ca
Abstract:
With the recent influenza A/H1N1 2009 pandemic still spreading through global populations, there has been an increased focus on optimizing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of influenza infections, as well as the epidemiology of the virus. Clinical and epidemiological data on influenza infections in tropical countries have been relatively sparse until fairly recently, and it is the aim of this review to close some of these gaps by examining the behavior of influenza viruses in the tropical Singaporean population.
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