Editorial commentary: Pandemic H5N1: Receding risk or coming catastrophe?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1213-1215

  Morens, David M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; H5N1; influenza; influenza virus; pandemic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FATALITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

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

EID: 84875987737     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit051     Document Type: Note

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