Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Nature, full text: (LINK). Extract.]
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H5N1: Flu transmission work is urgent
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Journal name: Nature - Volume: 482, Page: 155
Date published: (09 February 2012)
DOI: doi:10.1038/nature10884
Published online 25 January 2012
Yoshihiro Kawaoka explains that research on transmissible avian flu viruses needs to continue if pandemics are to be prevented.
Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses first proved lethal in humans in 1997 in Hong Kong. Since 2003, 578 confirmed infections have resulted in 340 deaths (go.nature.com/epb7ts ). Now widespread in parts of southeast Asia and the Middle East, H5N1 viruses have killed or led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds.
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-Journal name: Nature - Volume: 482, Page: 155
Date published: (09 February 2012)
DOI: doi:10.1038/nature10884
Published online 25 January 2012
Yoshihiro Kawaoka explains that research on transmissible avian flu viruses needs to continue if pandemics are to be prevented.
Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses first proved lethal in humans in 1997 in Hong Kong. Since 2003, 578 confirmed infections have resulted in 340 deaths (go.nature.com/epb7ts ). Now widespread in parts of southeast Asia and the Middle East, H5N1 viruses have killed or led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds.
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