How can we prepare better for influenza epidemics?
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This Personal View (BMJ 2017;359:j5007, doi:10.1136/bmj. j5007) states that the World Health Organisation has recently taken antiviral neuraminidase inhibitors off its Model List of Essential Medicines. It should say that “The World Health Organization has recently downgraded its recommendations in its Model List of Essential Medicines for the limited indication of severe illness due to confirmed or suspected influenza virus infection in critically ill hospitalized patients.”
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 359 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017