Article
Avian influenza virus: the threat of a pandemic.
Chang Gung medical journal - 1 Jan 2000
Chang Shih-Cheng, Cheng Yi-Ying, Shih Shin-Ru
Abstract excerpt
The 1918 influenza A virus pandemic caused a death toll of 40 to approximately 50 million. Currently, because of the widespread dissemination of the avian influenza virus (H5N1), there is a high risk of another pandemic. Avian species are the natural hosts for numerous subtypes of influenza A viruses; however, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) is not only extremely lethal to domestic avian...
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