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01.04.2006 | Commentary

Perspectives on avian influenza

verfasst von: Pascal James Imperato, MD, MPH & TM, Gavin H. Imperato, MS

Erschienen in: Journal of Community Health | Ausgabe 2/2006

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Avian influenza viruses have regularly caused illness in a range of bird species.1 Since 1997, there has been a special public health focus on the H5N1 strain which has caused widespread epidemics in domestic poultry beginning in Hong Kong where 20 human cases and 7 deaths occurred.2 In succeeding years, there have been widespread outbreaks among domestic fowl in China, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea. More recently, H5N1 has infected turkeys in Turkey and ducks in Romania.3 …

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Titel: Perspectives on avian influenza
verfasst von: Pascal James Imperato, MD, MPH & TM
Gavin H. Imperato, MS
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2006
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Community Health / Ausgabe 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-9001-5

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