Avian flu and influenza pandemics in human populations

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 192-194

  Ebrahim, G J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIRD DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENETIC DRIFT; HOST CELL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; NONHUMAN; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4344564113     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.4.192     Document Type: Editorial

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