Open AccessDevelopment of a vaccine for humans against highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Author(s) -
John M. Wood,
James S. Robertson
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.25.02489-en
Subject(s) - influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , virology , pandemic , highly pathogenic , avian influenza virus , virus , biology , h5n1 genetic structure , medicine , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
In the past eight years there have been three pandemic 'false alarms' caused by avian H5N1 viruses. The first of these in 1997 was a turning point in our understanding of the difficulties of vaccine development from a lethal avian virus.