Prevention and control of emerging infections: A challenge for the 3rd millennium

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-361

  Rezza, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Emerging infections; Pandemic threat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 34547931229     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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