Measuring laboratory-based influenza surveillance capacity: development of the ‘International Influenza Laboratory Capacity Review’ Tool
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Laboratory Surge Capacity and Pandemic Influenza
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0033-3506
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.09.007