Transmission of influenza A in human beings

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 760-761

  Lee, Richard Vaille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE VIRUS; BIRD; FECES; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 36348929333     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70270-0     Document Type: Letter

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