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The Influenza A/H1N1 Pandemic in Southern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcelo Carneiro ,
Marilina Assunta Bercini ,
Beanir da Silva Lara ,
Tatiana Schaffer Gregianini ,
Janete Aparecida Machado ,
Eliane Carlosso Krummenauer ,
Mariana Schmidt Adam ,
Nádia Kuplich ,
Andreia Rosane Moura Valim  and
Lessandra Michelim
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Marcelo Carneiro*
Affiliation:
Biology and Pharmacy Department, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Marilina Assunta Bercini
Affiliation:
Division of Epidemiological Surveillance, State Center for Health Surveillance, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Beanir da Silva Lara
Affiliation:
Division of Immunization, 13th Regional Health Coordinating Board, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Tatiana Schaffer Gregianini
Affiliation:
Division of Virology, Institute for Biological Research/Central State Laboratory, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Janete Aparecida Machado
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Eliane Carlosso Krummenauer
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Mariana Schmidt Adam
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Nádia Kuplich
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Andreia Rosane Moura Valim
Affiliation:
Biology and Pharmacy Department, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Lessandra Michelim
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brazil; and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Hospital Pompéia, Hospital Unimed Nordeste, e Hospital Geral de Caxias, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Fabio Lopes Pedro
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and Hospital Epidemiology Service, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Flávia Juliana Piña Trench
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital Governador Ministro Costa Cavalcante, Foz do Iguaçú, Brazil
Luis Fernando Waib
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro-Pontifícía Universidade Católica de Campinas e Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Lia Gonçalves Possuelo
Affiliation:
Biology and Pharmacy Department, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
*
Rua Thomaz Flores, 887-301, Bairro Centra 96810-090, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (carneiromarcelo@yahoo.com.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 12 , December 2011 , pp. 1235 - 1237
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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