Toward standardized influenza seroepidemiology – 4 th international CONSISE meeting
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Authors affiliations: 1 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 17183 Stockholm, Sweden 2 National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), a centre of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 3QG UK 3 MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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The consortium for the standardization of influenza seroepidemiology (CONSISE): a global partnership to standardize influenza seroepidemiology and develop influenza investigation protocols to inform public health policy
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