H7N9 Avian Influenza A Virus and the Perpetual Challenge of Potential Human Pandemicity

The ongoing H7N9 influenza epizootic in China once again presents us questions about the origin of pandemics and how to recognize them in early stages of development. Over the past ~135 years, H7 influenza viruses have neither caused pandemics nor been recognized as having undergone human adaptation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morens, David M., Taubenberger, Jeffery K., Fauci, Anthony S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705455/