Pareek Manish, Stephenson Iain
Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2007 Feb;68(2):80-4. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2007.68.2.22826.
Avian influenza (H5N1) was first associated with human respiratory disease in Hong Kong in 1997. In 2004 the virus re-emerged among poultry and migratory birds in Asia and has spread into Europe and Africa, raising concerns that an H5 pandemic is imminent.
