Scientific barriers to developing vaccines against avian influenza viruses

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-278

  Subbarao, Kanta ^a   Joseph, Tomy ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MATRIX 2 PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY;

EID: 33947590474     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2054     Document Type: Review

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