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Research Paper

Seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness among health-care workers in Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA, 2018–2019

Abdulaziz A. Al Qahtania Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Mohie Selima Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;b Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Naglaa H. Hamoudaa Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Abdullah L. Al Delamya Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Charmaine Macadangdanga Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Khalaf H. Al Shammaria Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Sahar F. Al Shamarya Preventive Medicine Division, Family and Community Medicine Administration, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Pages 119-123 | Received 05 Feb 2020, Accepted 30 Apr 2020, Published online: 09 Jul 2020

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