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Influenza in Nonhuman Hosts

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The Transmission of Epidemic Influenza

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Most of us consider influenza as a human malady, an acute respiratory illness lasting for a few miserable days or at most a week or two before the invading virus is eliminated by the immune defenses of the body. We may be aware that some animals too are subject to influenza, horses for example, and we have heard of outbreaks of cat ‘flu and dog ‘flu.

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    R. Edgar Hope-Simpson F.R.C.G.P.

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Hope-Simpson, R.E. (1992). Influenza in Nonhuman Hosts. In: The Transmission of Epidemic Influenza. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2385-1_13

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