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Global health concerns stirred by emerging viral infections
Author(s) -
Luo Guangxiang George,
Gao ShouJiang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.25683
Subject(s) - george (robot) , library science , medical school , citation , cancer genetics , medicine , gerontology , history , cancer , art history , medical education , computer science
Emerging viral infections continue to pose a major threat to global public health. In 1997, a highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus was found to directly spread from poultry to humans unlike previously reported transmission routs of human-to-human and livestock-to-human, stirring a grave concern for a possible influenza pandemic. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.