Swine flu-have we learnt any lesson from the past?
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The world has suffered the pandemics due to swine flu in the past. The present epidemic in India has claimed many lives. Even, after the first outbreak of swine flu in 2009 no concrete efforts are done to prevent this infection. There is an urgent need to take radical steps to prevent such epidemics.
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دوره 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015