Human H5N2 bird flu infection: Fact or fallacy?

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages S49-

  Joob, Beuy ^a   Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^b,c,d  

^a SANITATION 1 MEDICAL ACADEMIC CENTER   (Thailand)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^d JOSEPH AYOBABALOLA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H5N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; JAPAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

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EID: 84922641266     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1202     Document Type: Letter

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