Emergence of Influenza Pandemic in Bangkok in 1918: Historical Review

Sanya Sukpanichnant

doi:10.33192/Smj.2020.49

Emergence of Influenza Pandemic in Bangkok in 1918: Historical Review

Authors

Sanya Sukpanichnant Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-2692

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33192/Smj.2020.49

Keywords:

Emergence, Influenza, Pandemic, Historical

Abstract

This is the letter to the editor so that abstract is not needed.

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12-05-2020

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Sukpanichnant, S. (2020). Emergence of Influenza Pandemic in Bangkok in 1918: Historical Review. Siriraj Medical Journal, 72(4), 368–370. https://doi.org/10.33192/Smj.2020.49

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Vol. 72 No. 4 (2020): July-August

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