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Avian influenza: Update on pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis
Author(s) -
NICHOLLS John M.,
PEIRIS J.S. Malik
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01248.x
Subject(s) - medicine , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , intensive care medicine , pathogenesis , disease , causation , highly pathogenic , immunology , pathology , virus , political science , law
In the past 10 years, two respiratory viral infections—severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and H5N1—have emerged that have led to a high mortality among infected individuals. Laboratory investigations have demonstrated that these two emerging infections have similar features; and understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease causation will lead to insight into standard and novel treatments for these infections. In this review we highlight the similarities and differences of SARS and H5N1, and emphasize the importance of appropriate sampling for laboratory diagnosis of the latter.