Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Compans, Richard W. (Editor), Orenstein, Walter A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 333
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Virology.; Public health.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Public Health.

Recent years have seen unprecedented outbreaks of avian influenza A viruses. In particular, highly pathogenic H5N1 viruses have not only resulted in widespread outbreaks in domestic poultry, but have been transmitted to humans resulting in numerous fatalities. The rapid expansion in their geographic...