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Infection of the endothelium by influenza viruses
1 Jan 2005
Abstract excerpt
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses are not only the cause of devastating "bird flu" outbreaks in domestic fowl, but are also occasionally the cause of human disease with a high mortality rate as is being currently observed with the H5N1 viruses in South-East Asia. Infection in birds is systemic with hemorrhages and edema as characteristic symptoms, and virus replication in the endothelium appears to play...
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