Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Barr, Ian G
• Wong, Frank YK

Titel

Avian influenza. Why the concern?

Ist Teil von

• Microbiology Australia, 2016-11, Vol.37 (4), p.162

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Avian influenza normally has little impact on poultry and wild birds but since 1996, highly virulent viruses have emerged and continue to circulate in many countries. The results of these viruses have been devastating in domestic poultry and they have also spilled over into humans, infecting and killing hundreds and raising the opportunities for the virus to further adapt and possibly cause a future influenza pandemic. This article briefly details these events and discusses the consequences of these viruses continuing to circulate and cause disease.