Avian influenza: The tip of the iceberg

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 154-157

  Balkhy, Hanan ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Mail Code 1515 ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H5N1; Review; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE; AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPE; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 53649087972     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.43085     Document Type: Review

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