title: Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5HA strain confers respiratory droplet transmission to reassortant H5H/H1N1 virus strain in ferrets.
abstract: An evaluation of the role - if any - of censorship in scientific papers, based on the publishing of the article that shows it is possible to modify the genetics of the H5N1 aviary influenza virus, enhancing its transmission among mammals, which was followed by much ado and ethical discussion.
authors: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors: Jacyr
authors: J
authors: Pasternak
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information / Q000941:ethics*; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000517:prevention & control; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005289:Ferrets / Q000821:virology; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D016865:Reassortant Viruses