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[Epizootics of "avian" influenza as the manifestation of pandemic].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Deeva E G, Eropkin M Iu, Grigor'eva V A, Akhmedgaleeva Iu N, Korotkov A V, Zaĭtsev F N, Kiselev O I
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In this review of literature modern notions on the role of birds in the evolution of the pathogenicity signs and immune system of the main and intermediate hosts of influenza viruses, as well as on the mechanisms of overcoming interspecific barriers, are analyzed. The chronology of the spread of "avian" influenza among humans, starting from 1997, the properties of the natural reservoir of this infection, and in...
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