Therapeutic Trial of an Endothelin Receptor Agonist for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Infection in Chicks
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51242#.VGAaX2fHRK0 Author(s) Kazuhide Adachi 1 , Retno Damajanti Soejoedono 2 , Ekowati Handharyani 2 , Marie Inai 1 , Yasuhiro Tsukamoto 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Animal Hygiene, Graduate School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, Kyoto Prefecture University, Kyoto, Japan . 2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agriculture University, Bogor, Indonesia . ABSTRACT The rapid spread of the highly pathogenic A/H5N1 avian influenza virus among domestic birds and its transmission to humans has induced world-wide fears of a new influenza pandemic. A/H5N1 has infected over 300 people since 1997, and has shown a ...