Avian influenza outbreak: Update

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 785-786

  Weir, Erica ^a   Wong, Tom ^b   Gemmill, Ian ^c  

^a CMAJ   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Frontenac Lennox Addington Hlth U   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ASIA; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; EYE INFECTION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOWL PLAGUE VIRUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1542313757     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1040155     Document Type: Review

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