Epidemiology and genetic characterization of influenza viruses circulating in Bhutan in 2022

• Kunzang Dorji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kunzang Dorji, Chonticha Klungthong

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kunzangdorji@health.gov.bt, dkunzang09@gmail.com

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3876-9638

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• Chonticha Klungthong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kunzang Dorji, Chonticha Klungthong

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-8912

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• Tshering Dorji ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TD, PC and WM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7125-572X

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• Tandin Wangchuk,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Pema Yuden,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Tshering Pelki,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9185-6038

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• Tara Devi Ghishing,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Govinda Gyemiry,

  Roles Data curation, Software

  Affiliation ICT, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0944-5853

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• Sonam Gyeltshen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Influenza Centre, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Piyawan Chinnawirotpisan ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ TD, PC and WM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Wudtichai Manasatienkij ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ TD, PC and WM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Sonam Wangchuk,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Aaron Farmer

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-4493

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