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Avian Influenza: a global threat needing a global solution
There have been three influenza pandemics since the 1900s, of which the 1919–1919 flu pandemic had the highest mortality rates. The influenza virus infects both humans and birds, and mutates using two mechanisms: antigenic drift and antigenic shift. Currently, the H5N1 avian flu virus is limited to...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1447-056X-7-5 |