Avian influenza: Current scenario

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Varsha, Gupta ^a   Nidhi, Singla ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird flu; H5N1; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEURAMINIDASE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67649553236     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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