The evolutionary emergence of pandemic influenza

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1604, 2006, Pages 2945-2953

  Day, Troy ^a,e   André, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Park, Andrew ^a,c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Emerging diseases; H5; H7; H9; Viral reassortment

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 34247235763     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3638     Document Type: Article

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