Temperature drops and the onset of severe avian influenza A H5N1 virus outbreaks.

Global influenza surveillance is one of the most effective strategies for containing outbreaks and preparing for a possible pandemic influenza. Since the end of 2003, highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAI) H5N1 have caused many outbreaks in poultries and wild birds from East Asia and have...

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Main Authors: Chung-Ming Liu, Shu-Hua Lin, Ying-Chen Chen, Katherine Chun-Min Lin, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Chwan-Chuen King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000191