Deadly H7N9 influenza virus: a pandemic in the making or a warning lesson?
Robert A Lamb
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):1-2. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201305-0914ED.
This is a clear editorial providing a short description of the mutations encoded by the H7N9 viruses infecting humans. It closes with “it cannot be predicted whether avian/human H7N9 influenza viruses will remain a zoonosis in China or become a global pandemic with dire consequences.”
This is in keeping with other papers discussing the great difficulty in predicting influenza pandemics. Bob Lamb has published more than 140 papers on influenza and its viruses.
