Open AccessHuman cases of avian influenza in eastern Turkey: the weather factor
Author(s) -
Johan Giesecke
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.03.02877-en
Subject(s) - influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , geography , speculation , human influenza , factor (programming language) , virology , meteorology , ancient history , socioeconomics , history , biology , covid-19 , medicine , business , virus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , economics , finance , computer science , programming language
It seems clear that birds in eastern Turkey were infected with A(H5N1) in November 2005, or even earlier. There has been speculation absout why the first human cases did not appear until after Christmas.