Influenza: lessons from past pandemics, warnings from current incidents

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Molecular Basis for the Generation in Pigs of Influenza A Viruses with Pandemic Potential

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Influenza A Virus Lacking the NS1 Gene Replicates in Interferon-Deficient Systems

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A single amino acid in the PB2 gene of influenza A virus is a determinant of host range

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Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?

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Rescue of Influenza A Virus from Recombinant DNA

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Influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors

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The Structure and Receptor Binding Properties of the 1918 Influenza Hemagglutinin

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The evolution of H5N1 influenza viruses in ducks in southern China

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A pandemic warning?

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