Emergence and pandemic potential of swine-origin H1N1 influenza virus

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7249, 2009, Pages 931-939

  Neumann, Gabriele ^a   Noda, Takeshi ^b   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CS 8958; HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; T 705; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZANAMIVIR;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ASIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOLUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG INFLUENZA; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; SPANISH INFLUENZA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SWINE;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 67649297821     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08157     Document Type: Review

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