title: Avian influenza A (H5N1).
abstract: Since their reemergence in 2003, highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses have reached endemic levels among poultry in several southeast Asian countries and have caused a still increasing number of more than 100 reported human infections with high mortality. These developments have ignited global fears of an imminent influenza pandemic. The current knowledge of the virology, clinical spectrum, diagnosis and treatment of human influenza H5N1 virus infections is reviewed herein.
authors.affiliation: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 190 Ben Ham Tu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. mddejong@hcm.vnn.vn
authors.forename: Menno D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: Tran Tinh
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Hien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D011200:Poultry / Q000821:virology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents