Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9409, 2004, Pages 617-619

  Peiris, J S M ^a   Yu, W C ^b   Leung, C W ^b   Cheung, C Y ^a   Ng, W F ^b   Nicholls, J M ^a   Ng, T K ^b   Chan, K H ^a   Lai, S T ^b   Lim, W L ^c   Yuen, K Y ^a   Guan, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CEFOTAXIME; CHEMOKINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MONOKINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A SUBTYPE H5N1 DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 10744231351     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15595-5     Document Type: Article

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