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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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Series: | Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2566-7 |