Avian influenza and planning for pandemics

Isaacs, David; Dwyer, Dominic E; Hampson, Alan W

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06172.x

Topics

Infectious diseases

Global health

There is currently no need to panic

1 Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.
2 Virology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
3 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, VIC.

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