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Author

This factsheet was compiled by the ELF office, using the sources below, with the help of ERS expert Mark Woodhead. The material was reviewed and approved by the ERS Advisory Board.

Information sources

The following sources were used as background information in the compilation of this document:

World Health Organisation bird flu pages

Centers for Disease Control bird flu pages
 
Yuen KY, Chan PK, Peiris M, et al. Clinical features and rapid viral diagnosis of human disease associated with avian influenza A H5N1 virus. Lancet 1998 14; 351: 460-461.

Interesting links

For a more in-depth and scientific text on bird flu, download the bird flu article that has been published in the ERS journal Breathe.

Read about the 2006 ELF Award winner, Albert Osterhaus, who conducted ground-breaking research into the viruses responsible for bird flu and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Please go to the bird flu section of our website for more detailed information.

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