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Review
. 2016 Dec 7:355:i6258.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6258.

Influenza

Sam Ghebrehewet  1 , Peter MacPherson  2   3   4 , Antonia Ho  5   6
Affiliations
Review

Influenza

Sam Ghebrehewet et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figures

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Fig 1 Symptoms and complications of influenza. Complicated influenza is defined as an infection that requires hospital admission
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Fig 2 Circulating influenza viruses reported to WHO through global laboratory surveillance systems for selected countries: 2015-16. Data from WHO FluNet Interactive https://pmacp.shinyapps.io/Influenza_isolates/
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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