The Dilemma of Influenza Vaccine Recommendations when Applied to the Tropics: The Brazilian Case Examined Under Alternative Scenarios

• Wyller Alencar de Mello,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas Institute (IEC), WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN), Secretary of Surveillance in Health, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Para, Brazil

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• Terezinha Maria de Paiva,

  Affiliation Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN), Secretary of Health of São Paulo State, Brazilian Ministry of Health, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Maria Akiko Ishida,

  Affiliation Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN), Secretary of Health of São Paulo State, Brazilian Ministry of Health, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Margarete Aparecida Benega,

  Affiliation Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN), Secretary of Health of São Paulo State, Brazilian Ministry of Health, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Mirleide Cordeiro dos Santos,

  Affiliation Evandro Chagas Institute (IEC), WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN), Secretary of Surveillance in Health, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Para, Brazil

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• Cécile Viboud,

  Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Mark A. Miller,

  Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wladimir J. Alonso

  * E-mail: alonsow@mail.nih.gov

  Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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