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Science: Restricted Data on Influenza H5N1 Virus Transmission by Ron A. M. Fouchier, Sander Herfst, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Published Online January 19 2012
< Science Express Index
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1218376

Policy Forum

Restricted Data on Influenza H5N1 Virus Transmission

Ron A. M. Fouchier*,
Sander Herfst,
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus


Authors of a debated flu transmission study discuss why
such work is important and should be published.
Since its first detection in 1997, highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus has devastated the poultry
industry of numerous countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.
As of January 2012, HPAI H5N1 virus caused 577
laboratory-confirmed human cases of infection, of which 340
were fatal. Sustained human-to-human transmission has not
been reported. Whether this virus may acquire the ability to
be transmitted via aerosols and cause a future pandemic has
been a matter of intense debate in the influenza field and in
general public health research communities.

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http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/01/18/science.1218376.full.pdf
 
Re: Science: Restricted Data on Influenza H5N1 Virus Transmission by Ron A. M. Fouchier, Sander Herfst, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

Clear and well reasoned. Well worth reading in full.
 
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