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Lethality to Ferrets of H5N1 Influenza Viruses Isolated from Humans and Poultry in 2004
29 Jan 2005
Abstract excerpt
The 2004 outbreaks of H5N1 influenza viruses in Vietnam and Thailand were highly lethal to humans and to poultry; therefore, newly emerging avian influenza A viruses pose a continued threat, not only to avian species but also to humans. We studied the pathogenicity of four human and nine avian H5N1/04 influenza viruses in ferrets (an excellent model for influenza studies). All four human isolates were fatal to...
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