Recrudescent wave of pandemic A/H1N1 influenza in Mexico, winter 2011-2012: Age shift and severity – PLOS Currents Influenza
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February 24, 2012 · Influenza Gerardo Chowell1, Santiago Echevarría-Zuno2, Cecile Viboud3, Lone Simonsen4, Concepcion Grajales Muñiz5, Ramón Alberto Rascón Pacheco6, Margot González León7, Víctor Hugo Borja Aburto8 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Fogarty International Center, National Institues of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, 2 Dirección de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México, 3 Research scientist, US National Institutes of Health at Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, 4 Research Professor at Department of Global Health, George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, DC, Bethesda, Maryland, 5 Médico Epidemiologo, Distrito Federal, 6 Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Apoyo en Contingencias, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México, Mexico, D.F., 7 Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Apoyo en Contingencias, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México, 8 Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Apoyo en Contingencias, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México City, México, México, D.F.
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