Importance of rapid testing to combat the global threat of bird flu

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Meijer, Adam ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645371265     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.6.1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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