Influenza virus A (H5N1): A pandemic risk?

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-77

  Babakir Mina, Muhammed ^a   Balestra, Emanuela ^a   Perno, Carlo Federico ^a   Aquaro, Stefano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Pandemic; Pathogenicity; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MALE; MORTALITY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RISK;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 34347269633     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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