title: Recent patents relating to bird flu infection.
abstract: Bird flu or H5N1 infection is a new emerging zoonosis. With the pandemic in avian species in Asia, it is now under surveillance for a possible new public health threat to human. There are many present researches focusing on several aspects of bird flu. There are some recent patents and patent applications published within a few years. In this article, the recent patients relating to bird flu infection covering the diagnostic and treatment aspects for both avian species and human are reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. wviroj@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Viroj
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wiwanitkit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology