Update on avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in humans

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-

  Abdel Ghafar, Abdel Nasser ^b   Chotpitayasunondh, Tawee ^c   Gao, Zhancheng ^d   Hayden, Frederick G ^a,e   Hien, Nguyen Duc ^f   De Jong, Menno D ^g   Naghdaliyev, Azim ^h   Peiris, J S Malik ⁱ   Shindo, Nahoko ^a   Soeroso, Santoso ^j   Uyeki, Timothy M ^k  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^g OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^h Abulfaz Karayev Children's Hospital No 2   (Azerbaijan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j RSPI Sulianti Saroso   (Indonesia)

^k CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDO 5 AMINO 3 (1 ETHYLPROPOXY) 1 CYCLOHEXENE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMANTADINE; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; ZANAMIVIR;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 38349068756     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0707279     Document Type: Review

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