title: A plea for caution: huge risks associated with lab-bred flu.
abstract: I wish to express concern about the maintenance of laboratory strains of H5N1 influenza viruses that might be adapted for transmission among humans.
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005289:Ferrets; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*