Avian influenza A H10N8 - A virus on the verge?

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9918, 2014, Pages 676-677

  García Sastre, Adolfo ^a   Schmolke, Mirco ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHINESE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H10N8; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894094300     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60163-X     Document Type: Note

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