Open AccessPOSSIBILITY OF INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PREDICTION
Author(s) -
Y. Z. Ghendon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
žurnal mikrobiologii, èpidemiologii i immunobiologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-7613
pISSN - 0372-9311
DOI - 10.36233/0372-9311-2016-3-113-120
Subject(s) - pandemic , influenza pandemic , virology , human influenza , human mortality from h5n1 , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , influenza a virus , pandemic influenza , biology , covid-19 , virus , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Five influenza pandemics emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries. Data regarding possibility of infection of swine with human influenza viruses and persistent circulation of these strains among swine with subsequent infection of humans with these viruses were obtained in the recent years. A possibility of prediction of influenza pandemics by constant observation and study of influenza viruses circulating among swine is discussed in the paper.