Article
Host species barriers to influenza virus infections.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 21 Apr 2006
Kuiken Thijs, Holmes Edward C, McCauley John, Rimmelzwaan Guus F, Williams Catherine S, Grenfell Bryan T
Abstract excerpt
Most emerging infectious diseases in humans originate from animal reservoirs; to contain and eradicate these diseases we need to understand how and why some pathogens become capable of crossing host species barriers. Influenza virus illustrates the interaction of factors that limit the transmission and subsequent establishment of an infection in a novel host species. Influenza species barriers can be categorized...
Topics
- Animals
- Birds
- Evolution, Molecular
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
- Influenza A virus
- Influenza in Birds
- Influenza, Human
- Mutation
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections