Influenza A(H5N1) in Hongkon: Herald of a pandemic or just a scientifically interesting phenomenon and a useful exercise in pandemiology?;Influenza A(H5N1) in Hongkong: Voorbode van een pandemie of alleen een) wetenschappelijk interessant verschijnsel en een nuttige oefening in pandemiologie?

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1252-1256

  De Jong, J C ^a   Claas, E C J ^a   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0032580549     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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