Infectious disease: can we avert a lethal flu pandemic?
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.063
Infectious disease: can we avert a lethal flu pandemic?
Abstract
If avian flu becomes directly transmissible among humans, could we prevent a pandemic by using prophylactic antivirals? Possibly, if the virus is not too transmissible, and we react fast and efficiently.
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