Today's issue of the top-tier journal, Science, has a special online portal to its current issue about influenza, including several excellent articles about avian influenza. This issue is free to the public if you register with them.
This issue includes;
- A complete guide and free access to the 21 April 2006 special issue, including articles on antivirals and vaccines, flu transmission, flu biology, and flu preparation -- along with an accompanying podcast.
- A collection of recent Science News, Review, Perspective, and Research articles on influenza, the potential for a new pandemic, and the secrets of the influenza virus -- all free through this portal to registered users and members.
- A unique perspective on the 1918 pandemic as seen through the eyes of contemporaries, via three articles from the Science Classic archive -- free through this portal to registered users and members.
Thanks, Ian!
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