Pediatric non‐influenza respiratory viruses during pandemic influenza
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pandemic influenza Necla Akçakaya, Ömer Kılıç, Yildiz Camcıoğlu, Haluk Çokuğraş, Kenan Midilli Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Correspondence: Ömer Kiliç, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, TR-34098 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]
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