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May 2019
6m 54s

Influenza

THOMAS WATCHMAN
About this episode

In this episode I cover influenza.

If you want to follow along with written notes on influenza go to https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/infectiousdisease/influenza/ or find the infectious diseases section in the Zero to Finals medicine book.

This episode covers the types, presentation, vaccines and management of influenza. 

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

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