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- Title
Influenza: lessons from past pandemics, warnings from current incidents.
- Authors
Horimoto, Taisuke; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
- Abstract
Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus infections (H5 and H7 subtypes) in poultry and in humans (through direct contact with infected birds) have had important economic repercussions and have raised concerns that a new influenza pandemic will occur in the near future. The eradication of pathogenic avian influenza viruses seems to be the most effective way to prevent influenza pandemics, although this strategy has not proven successful so far. Here, we review the molecular factors that contribute to the emergence of pandemic strains.
- Subjects
INFLUENZA viruses; AVIAN influenza; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis; VIRUS diseases; PATHOGENIC bacteria
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 8, p591
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro1208