Emerging viral infections in a rapidly changing world

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 641-646

  Kuiken, Thijs ^a   Fouchier, Ron ^a   Rimmelzwaan, Guus ^a   Osterhaus, Albert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; LIVE VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; CORONAVIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0344255702     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2003.10.010     Document Type: Review

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