Avian flu: Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9.
Fouchier RA, Kawaoka Y, Cardona C, Compans RW, Fouchier RA, García-Sastre A, Govorkova EA, Guan Y, Herfst S, Kawaoka Y, Orenstein WA, Peiris JS, Perez DR, Richt JA, Russell C, Schultz-Cherry SL, Smith DJ, Steel J, Tompkins SM, Topham DJ, Treanor JJ, Tripp RA, Webby RJ, Webster RG.
Nature. 2013 Aug 8;500(7461):150-1. doi: 10.1038/500150a.
Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9.
Fouchier RA, Kawaoka Y, Cardona C, Compans RW, Fouchier RA, García-Sastre A, Govorkova EA, Guan Y, Herfst S, Kawaoka Y, Orenstein WA, Peiris JS, Perez DR, Richt JA, Russell C, Schultz-Cherry SL, Smith DJ, Steel J, Tompkins SM, Topham DJ, Treanor JJ, Tripp RA, Webby RJ, Webster RG.
Science. 2013 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print]
The texts are identical. They outline a research manifesto for human H7N9 influenza A research. As the human outbreak of H7N9 occurred in the spring of 2013 there was great concern as to its future. For comment see October 18, 2013.
