甲型流感病毒(英語:Influenza A virus,常简称甲流)是一种流感病毒,包含多种亚型,可感染野生鸟类、驯养家禽、猪、马和人等多种哺乳類動物并导致流行性感冒。该病毒是正黏液病毒科、甲型流感病毒属下的唯一一个物种。人们从野生鸟类身上提取出了甲流病毒的所有亚种的菌株,但鸟类本身却很少发病。一些甲流病毒的分离株(英语:primary isolate)可导致家禽和少部分人类发病。[1]病毒有时可通过野生水鸟感染到家禽身上,而这可导致人类流感瘟疫爆发。[2][3]
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"The Bird Flu and You" Full-color poster provided by the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University, in collaboration with the National Security Health Policy Center
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Mahmoud 2005,第285頁 harvnb模板錯誤: 無指向目標: CITEREFMahmoud2005 (幫助) "Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is on every top ten list available for potential agricultural bioweapon agents"