Advances in measuring influenza burden of disease

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Health, Singapore, Singapore.
² Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Division of the National Laboratory Service, Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁶ Global Influenza Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Center for Health Studies, Research Institute, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
⁸ Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁹ Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Editorial

Vernon J Lee et al. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;12(1):3-9.

doi: 10.1111/irv.12533.

¹ Ministry of Health, Singapore, Singapore.
² Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Division of the National Laboratory Service, Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁶ Global Influenza Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Center for Health Studies, Research Institute, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
⁸ Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁹ Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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