Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia

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Influenza A virus subtype H5N1Viral loadVirologyVirusBiologyImmunologyViral replicationViral sheddingCytokinePathogenesisInfluenza A virus

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 12
Issue: 10
Pages: 1203-1207
Citations: 1870
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                                    Menno D. de Jong, 
                                
                                    Cameron P. Simmons, 
                                
                                    Tran Tan Thanh
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia. 
                            Nature Medicine
                            , 12
                            (10)
                            , 1203-1207.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1477
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nm1477