Novel and re-emerging respiratory viral diseases
Éditeur :
John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN :
9780470065389
Date de publication :
16 avr. 2008
Dimensions :
15,2 x 7,6 cm
Poids :
43 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The past decade has seen mounting global concern regarding viral outbreaks such as SARS, avian influenza and West Nile virus. In 2004 and 2005, reports of bird-to-human, and possible human-to-human, transmissions of the H5N1 influenza viruses raised fears that these viruses could cause a pandemic on the scale of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.