Reviewing the history of pandemic influenza: Understanding patterns of emergence and transmission

Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Saunders Hastings, Patrick R ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Globalization; Influenza; Intervention; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ASIAN INFLUENZA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HONG KONG INFLUENZA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SWINE INFLUENZA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85011961773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens5040066     Document Type: Review

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