Influenza: a virus of our times.
Viruses are successful and omnipresent. Influenza A is a particularly important virus of humans. The article reviews the 2009 emergence of the pandemic influenza A virus, focusing on the potential origin of the virus and the distinctive clinical and epidemiological impact of the 2009 pandemic.
Regional Virus Laboratory, Kelvin Building, Royal Hospitals, Belfast BT12 6BA. conall.mccaughey@belfasttrust.hscni.net
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D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D058873:Pandemics; D012307:Risk Factors