Pandemic influenza is a zoonosis, as it requires introduction of avian-like gene segments in the human population

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Claas, Eric C J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigenic drift; Antigenic shift; Influenza; Interspecies transmission; Pandemic; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC DRIFT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034701741     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00173-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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