Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Referral: BFIC on Human Influenza In Indonesia

 

 

 

# 5661

 

 

Ida posting on the Bird Flu Information Corner - a joint project of Kobe University in Japan and the Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Indonesia – has been an invaluable source of information on influenza activity in Indonesia for several years.

 

Today, via the BFIC, Ida has an excellent summary (with maps, graphs, & charts) of an article published in the Journal Microbiology and Immunology yesterday titled:

 

Virological surveillance of human influenza in Indonesia, October 2008-March 2010

Masaoki Yamaoka, Justinus F. Palilingan, Jusuf Wibisono, Resti Yudhawati, Reviany V. Nidom, Muhamad Y. Alamudi, Teridah E. Ginting, Akiko Makino, Chairul A. Nidom, Kyoko Shinya, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00344.x

 

 

This study is based on a collaborative work between Kobe University and Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University that conducted surveillance in Surabaya from October 2008 to March 2010. 

 

Surveillance of Human Influenza in Indonesia, October 2008-March 2010

Posted by Ida on June 29, 2011

 

Since only the abstract to the study is freely available on the journal site, this summation is highly welcome.