Respiratory virus laboratory pandemic planning an surveillance in central Viet Nam, 2008-2010

• Main Authors: Trinh Xuan Mai (Author), Mike Catton (Author), Doan Thi Thanh Thuy (Author), Nguyen Bao Trieu (Author), Le Thi Kim Trang (Author), Doris Chibo (Author), Truong Phuoc An (Author), Chris Birch (Author), Julian Druce (Author), Georgina Papadakis (Author), Bui Trong Chien (Author), Thomas Tran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Laboratory capacity is needed in central Viet Nam to provide early warning to public health authorities of respiratory outbreaks of importance to human health, for example the outbreak of influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures established as part...