Evolution and control of H5N1. A better understanding of the evolution and diversity of H5N1 flu virus and its host species in endemic areas could inform more efficient vaccination and control strategies

EMBO Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-122

  Watanabe, Yohei ^a   Ibrahim, Madiha S ^b   Ikuta, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Damanhour University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION MIGRATION; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAVEL; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; POULTRY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84873413976     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.212     Document Type: Article

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