Acknowledgements

The author wishes to thank Carolyn Buxton Bridges, M.D., Medical Epidemiologist, Influenza Branch, CDC for her critical review and thoughtful comments, and Nancy J. Cox, Ph.D., Chief, Influenza Branch, CDC for the following figures: original figure for the genetic reassortment animation, the influenza virus electron micrograph, and the WHO Collaborating Centers for Influenza.

The original presentation was made possible by an unrestricted educational grant to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases from Aventis Pasteur. The 2000 updates were made possible by unrestricted educational grants to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases by Roche, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., and Aventis Pasteur.

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