Host susceptibility to severe influenza A virus infection

Abstract Most people exposed to a new flu virus do not notice any symptoms. A small minority develops critical illness. Some of this extremely broad variation in susceptibility is explained by the size of the initial inoculum or the influenza exposure history of the individual; some is explained by...

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Main Authors: Sara Clohisey, John Kenneth Baillie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2566-7