H5N1 influenza virus seroepidemiological studies: The facts revisited

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Osterholm, Michael T ^a,b   Kelley, Nicholas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LETTER; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84861440039     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1203949109     Document Type: Letter

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