Pause on Avian Flu Transmission Research

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Science. 2012 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Pause on Avian Flu Transmission Research.
Fouchier RA, Garc?a-Sastre A, Kawaoka Y, Barclay WS, Bouvier NM, Brown IH, Capua I, Chen H, Compans RW, Couch RB, Cox NJ, Doherty PC, Donis RO, Feldmann H, Guan Y, Katz J, Klenk HD, Kobinger G, Liu J, Liu X, Lowen A, Mettenleiter TC, Osterhaus AD, Palese P, Peiris JS, Perez DR, Richt JA, Schultz-Cherry S, Steel J, Subbarao K, Swayne DE, Takimoto T, Tashiro M, Taubenberger JK, Thomas PG, Tripp RA, Tumpey TM, Webby RJ, Webster RG.
Source

Department of Virology, Erasmus MC, 3000CA Rotterdam, 3015GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Abstract

Resulting from concerns about recent research on avian influenza, scientists working on transmission of the H5N1 strain have agreed to halt this area of research for 60 days to allow time for international discussion.Comment on this article at http://scim.ag/zr4XKx.

PMID:
22267586
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267586

 

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Re: Pause on Avian Flu Transmission Research

H5N1 Debates: Hung Up on the Wrong Questions

Science. 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]
H5N1 Debates: Hung Up on the Wrong Questions.
Perez DR.
Source

Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3711, USA.
Abstract

Information related to influenza transmissibility should be published in its entirety.Comment on this article at http://scim.ag/At5pNN.

PMID:
22267585
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267585

 

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Re: Pause on Avian Flu Transmission Research

Life Sciences at a Crossroads: Respiratory Transmissible H5N1

Science. 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Life Sciences at a Crossroads: Respiratory Transmissible H5N1.
Osterholm MT, Henderson DA.
Source

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Abstract

Release of details of recent research on affecting influenza transmissibility poses far more risk than any good that might occur.Comment on this article at http://scim.ag/AcKS4g.

PMID:
22267584
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267584

 

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Re: Pause on Avian Flu Transmission Research

Restricted Data on Influenza H5N1 Virus Transmission


Science. 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Restricted Data on Influenza H5N1 Virus Transmission.
Fouchier RA, Herfst S, Osterhaus AD.
Source

Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Author for correspondence.
Abstract

Authors of a debated flu transmission study discuss why such work is important and should be published.Comment on this article at http://scim.ag/ypjDVx.

PMID:
22267582
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267582