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El Niño Southern Oscillation and the transmission of hepatitis A virus in Australia

Wenbiao Hu, Anthony J McMichael and Shilu Tong
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06041.x
Published online: 3 May 2004

Wenbiao Hu,* Anthony J McMichael, Shilu Tong


  • 1 Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra
  • 3 School of Public Health, and Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059.


Correspondence: s.tong@qut.edu.au

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