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Nature Reviews Microbiology 3, 591–600 (1 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro1208
Influenza: lessons from past pandemics, warnings from current incidents
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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.
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