Pandemic influenza: the inside story

PLoS Biol. 2006 Feb;4(2):e50. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040050. Epub 2006 Feb 14.

Abstract

Recent developments in the molecular genetics of influenza provides clues into how avian flu - H5N1 - could find a way to jump easily from human to human and cause a pandemic

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Humans
  • Influenza Vaccines / immunology
  • Orthomyxoviridae / genetics
  • Orthomyxoviridae / physiology*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / pathology
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / prevention & control
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Influenza Vaccines