Letter to the Editor: Knowledge gap in assessing the risk of a human pandemic via mammals’ infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1)

Hiroshi Nishiura; Taishi Kayano; Katsuma Hayashi; Tetsuro Kobayashi; Yuta Okada

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.9.2300134

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Letter to the Editor: Knowledge gap in assessing the risk of a human pandemic via mammals’ infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1)
Hiroshi Nishiura¹ , Taishi Kayano¹ , Katsuma Hayashi¹ , Tetsuro Kobayashi¹ , Yuta Okada¹
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Affiliations: ¹ School of Public Health and Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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Hiroshi Nishiura
nishiura.hiroshi.5r kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Citation style for this article: Nishiura Hiroshi, Kayano Taishi, Hayashi Katsuma, Kobayashi Tetsuro, Okada Yuta. Letter to the Editor: Knowledge gap in assessing the risk of a human pandemic via mammals’ infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1). Euro Surveill. 2023;28(9):pii=2300134. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.9.2300134 Received: 26 Feb 2023; Accepted: 28 Feb 2023

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