Characteristics of seasonal influenza A and B in Latin America: Influenza surveillance data from ten countries.

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Published in PLoS One on March 27, 2017

Authors

Saverio Caini1, Wladimir J Alonso2, Angel Balmaseda3, Alfredo Bruno4, Patricia Bustos5, Leticia Castillo6, Celina de Lozano7, Doménica de Mora4, Rodrigo A Fasce5, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida8, Gabriela F Kusznierz9, Jenny Lara10, Maria Luisa Matute11, Brechla Moreno12, Claudio Maierovitch Pessanha Henriques8, Juan Manuel Rudi9, Clotilde El-Guerche Séblain13, François Schellevis1,14, John Paget1, Global Influenza B Study group–Latin America

Author Affiliations

1: Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
3: National Influenza Center, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua.
4: Instituto Nacional de Investigacion en Salud Publica (INSPI), Centro de Referencia Nacional de Influenza y Otros Virus Respiratorios, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
5: Seccion Virus Respiratorios, Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
6: National Influenza Center, Ministry of Health, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
7: National Influenza Center, Ministry of Health, San Salvador, El Salvador.
8: Ministry of Health, Federal District, Brazil.
9: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Dr. Emilio Coni", ANLIS "C.Malbràn", Santa Fe, Argentina.
10: National Influenza Center, Ministry of Health, San José, Costa Rica.
11: National Influenza Center, Ministry of Health, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
12: National Influenza Center, IC Gorgas, Panama City, Panama.
13: Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon, France.
14: Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, EMGO Institute for Health Care Research VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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