Person-to-person transmission of influenza A (H5N1)

Person-to-person transmission of influenza A (H5N1)

A possible lack of host-induced evolutionary pressure, disseminated viral replication and high viral loads in infected people, and the rarity of person-to-person transmission suggest that the infecting avian viruses might be already well adapted to the individual in which they find themselves, but n...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2008-04, Vol.371 (9622), p.1392-1394
Hauptverfasser: Hien, Nguyen Tran, Farrar, Jeremy, Horby, Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Disease transmission
Disease Transmission, Infectious - statistics & numerical data
Genetic diversity
Human exposure
Human populations
Humans
Influenza
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
Influenza, Human - transmission
Internal Medicine
Public health
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:A possible lack of host-induced evolutionary pressure, disseminated viral replication and high viral loads in infected people, and the rarity of person-to-person transmission suggest that the infecting avian viruses might be already well adapted to the individual in which they find themselves, but not to the wider human population.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60494-8