Avian flu pandemic: Can we prevent it?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-190

  Iwami, Shingo ^a   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Liu, Xianning ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Elimination policy; Epidemic model; Mutation; Quarantine policy

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; POLICY APPROACH; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; POULTRY; QUARANTINE; VIRULENCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 59649110213     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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