Detecting emerging transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households.

Accumulating infections of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in humans underlines the need to track the ability of these viruses to spread among humans. A human-transmissible avian influenza virus is expected to cause clusters of infections in humans living in close contact. Therefore, epidemio...

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Main Authors: Michiel van Boven, Marion Koopmans, Mirna Du Ry van Beest Holle, Adam Meijer, Don Klinkenberg, Christl A Donnelly, Hans J A P Heesterbeek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1933478?pdf=render