Avian influenza virus: The threat of a pandemic

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-134

  Chang, Shih Cheng ^a   Cheng, Yi Ying ^a   Shih, Shin Ru ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avian influenza A virus; Mutation; Pandemic; Reassortment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DEATH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOWL; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 33745012932     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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