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ArticleNature2012

Engineering H5N1 avian influenza viruses to study human adaptation.

David M Morens, Kanta Subbarao, Jeffery K Taubenberger

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Article in Nature, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Its Legacy.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2020
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  4. Review-Chemical and Biological Sensors for Viral Detection.Journal of the Electrochemical Society · 2020
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  11. How low is the risk of influenza A(H5N1) infection?The Journal of infectious diseases · 2015
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  16. H5N1 vaccines in humans.Virus research · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David M MorensNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. dm270q@nih.gov
Kanta Subbarao
Jeffery K Taubenberger

Funding

Influenza Viral PathogenesisZIAAI000986 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI TAUBENBERGER, JEFFERY · 2009 to 2025
$30.0M
Preclinical Studies of Vaccines for Pandemic InfluenzaZIAAI000933 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SUBBARAO, KANTA · 2009 to 2017
$13.7M
Influenza Viral Pathogenesis Z01AI000986 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI TAUBENBERGER, JEFFERY · 2007 to 2008
$1.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two studies of H5N1 avian influenza viruses that had been genetically engineered to render them transmissible between ferrets have proved highly controversial. Divergent opinions exist about the importance of these studies of influenza transmission and about potential 'dual use' research implications. No consensus has developed yet about how to balance these concerns. After not recommending immediate full publication of earlier, less complete versions of the studies, the United States National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity subsequently recommended full publication of more complete manuscripts; however, controversy about this and similar research remains.

Indexed as

Genetic EngineeringSecurity MeasuresAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsBioterrorismHumansInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanPublishingZoonoses

Identifiers

PMID22722191
PMCPMC3731044

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