Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in eastern Turkey in 2006

Oner A. F., Bay A., Arslan S., Akdeniz H., Sahin H. A., Cesur Y., ...More

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol.355, no.21, pp.2179-2185, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 355 Issue: 21
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1056/nejmoa060601
  • Journal Name: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2179-2185
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) that had previously been detected throughout Asia, with major economic and health repercussions, extended to eastern Turkey in late December 2005 and early January 2006.