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Article: Avian influenza virus (H5N1) mortality surveillance.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
- Author:
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To the Editor: The highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 presents a major challenge to global public health systems. Currently, influenza (H5N1) infection is a zoonosis with a 60% case-fatality rate for affected persons over 3 continents; the virus could mutate to become directly transmissible among humans (1). This potential for pandemic transmission must be reduced through early detection of transmission foci, followed by rapid implementation of control measures (2). In the following analysis, we demonstrate that single carcasses of birds, mostly found by members of the public, were the primary indicators for avian influenza virus activity in Sweden ...
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