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cord-020466-hdcke0d4	Hammel, Jean M.	Commentary	2004-11-19		.txt	text/plain	1909	141	52	1 In the late 1990s, after several decades of fairly stable human influenza viruses, highly pathogenic avian influenza infected humans in Southeast Asia for the first time. In the setting of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic and emerging human infections with these highly pathogenic avian influenza strains, the prospect of a pandemic looms large for public health authorities and should prompt preparative measures from emergency care providers. 4, 5 Alternatively, a person infected with a conventional human influenza virus could be coinfected with a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain. 4 Formerly known as ''fowl plague,'' highly pathogenic avian influenza is now identified as strains H5 and H7, which cause severe disease in terrestrial birds. 17 Full respiratory isolation precautions, similar to those for SARS, are recommended in all cases of suspected human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses.	./cache/cord-020466-hdcke0d4.txt	./txt/cord-020466-hdcke0d4.txt