H5N1 influenza viruses: Outbreaks and biological properties

Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Neumann, Gabriele ^a   Chen, Hualan ^b   Gao, George F ^c   Shu, Yuelong ^d   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; H5N1; HA; Human infections; Influenza; NS1; PB2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIRDS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 73849118258     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.124     Document Type: Review

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