Will the next human influenza pandemic be caused by the virus of the avian flu A/H5N1? Arguments pro and counter

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 45-47

  Doerr, H W ^a   Varwig, Domenica ^a   Allwinn, Regina ^a   Cinatl, J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian flu H5N1; Influenza A; Pandemic; Pathogenicity; Viral infectivity

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; EPIDEMIC; FOWL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 33646706827     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-005-0008-4     Document Type: Review

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