Influenza: The once and future pandemic

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^a   Morens, David M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ASIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HONG KONG INFLUENZA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPANISH INFLUENZA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; HISTORY; INFLUENZA; POULTRY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY;

EID: 77954664066     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s305     Document Type: Review

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