Institutional responses to avian influenza in Thailand: Control of outbreaks in poultry and preparedness in the case of human-to-human transmission

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Auewarakul, Prasert ^a   Hanchaoworakul, Wanna ^b   Ungchusak, Kumnuan ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bio security; H5N1; Strategic plan

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; VACCINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 40449109963     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470801919065     Document Type: Article

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