Influenza virus: The biology of a changing virus

Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-26

  Mubareka, Samira ^a,b   Palese, Peter ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIC ACID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 79960057531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0346-0279-2_1     Document Type: Review

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