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Avian flu pandemic: Can we prevent it?
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Mar 2009
Iwami Shingo, Takeuchi Yasuhiro, Liu Xianning
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa have led to devastating consequences for poultry, and have resulted in numerous infections in humans. Although these infections from the animal reservoir continue to accumulate, the virus does not seem to spread extensively among humans. However, for example, a process of genetic reassortment could occur in a human who is...
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