Genetically engineered transmissible influenza A/H5N1: A call for laboratory safety and security

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-154

  Le Duc, James W ^a   Franz, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERRET; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LABORATORY; NOTE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; SAFETY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; FERRETS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 84859182929     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2012.0006     Document Type: Note

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