Selected article for: "avian influenza and pandemic influenza"

Author: Klotz, Lynn C.
Title: Danger of Potential-Pandemic-Pathogen Research Enterprises
  • Document date: 2015_6_16
  • ID: 72i1x02f_35
    Snippet: It is estimated that the 2009 pandemic influenza virus infected 20% of the world's population. The 1918 H1N1 "Spanish" flu killed perhaps 2% of its victims. The H5N1 avian influenza virus, the subject of Fouchier's research, kills about 50% of those who are infected through direct contact with poultry. The scenario I use as an example represents a combination of these three real events. While this scenario has not yet and may never occur in natur.....
    Document: It is estimated that the 2009 pandemic influenza virus infected 20% of the world's population. The 1918 H1N1 "Spanish" flu killed perhaps 2% of its victims. The H5N1 avian influenza virus, the subject of Fouchier's research, kills about 50% of those who are infected through direct contact with poultry. The scenario I use as an example represents a combination of these three real events. While this scenario has not yet and may never occur in nature, it is a possible scenario perhaps more likely from a laboratory escape.

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