Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 7 , Pages 526-532 , July 2009

Novel Swine-origin Influenza Virus A (H1N1): The First Pandemic of the 21st Century

  • Luan-Yin Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Luan-Yin Chang and Shin-Ru Shih contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Shin-Ru Shih

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Clinical Virology Laboratory, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Luan-Yin Chang and Shin-Ru Shih contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Pei-Lan Shao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Li-Min Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Li-Min Huang, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 5 June 2009 ,Revised 13 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 June 2009.

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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 7 , Pages 526-532 , July 2009

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