Pandemic influenza viruses: time to recognize our inability to predict the unpredictable and stop dangerous gain-of-function experiments

EMBO Mol Med. 2013 Nov;5(11):1637-41. doi: 10.1002/emmm.201303475. Epub 2013 Oct 24.
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Keywords: gain-of-function; influenza; pandemic; vaccines; virus.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Humans
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology
  • Influenza in Birds / virology*
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Orthomyxoviridae / genetics
  • Orthomyxoviridae / isolation & purification
  • Orthomyxoviridae / physiology*
  • Pandemics
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Swine Diseases / virology