Is H5N1 really highly lethal?

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-240

  Toner, Eric S ^a   Adalja, Amesh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84862549363     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2012.0224     Document Type: Article

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