Article
Emergence and predominance of an H5N1 influenza variant in China.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Nov 2006
Smith G J D, Fan X H, Wang J, Li K S, Qin K, Zhang J X, Vijaykrishna D, Cheung C L, Huang K, Rayner J M, Peiris J S M, Chen H, Webster R G, Guan Y
Abstract excerpt
The development of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses in poultry in Eurasia accompanied with the increase in human infection in 2006 suggests that the virus has not been effectively contained and that the pandemic threat persists. Updated virological and epidemiological findings from our market surveillance in southern China demonstrate that H5N1 influenza viruses continued to be panzootic in...
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