Human influenza A (H5N1) cases, urban areas of People's Republic of China, 2005-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1061-1064

  Yu, Hongjie ^a   Feng, Zijian ^a   Zhang, Xianfeng ^b   Xiang, Nijuan ^a   Huai, Yang ^a,c   Zhou, Lei ^a   Li, Zhongjie ^a   Xu, Cuiling ^d   Luo, Huiming ^e   He, Jianfeng ^e   Guan, Xuhua ^b   Yuan, Zhengan ^f   Li, Yanting ^f   Xu, Longshan ^g   Hong, Rongtao ^g   Liu, Xuecheng ^h   Zhou, Xingyu ^h   Yin, Wenwu ^a   Zhang, Shunxiang ⁱ   Shu, Yuelong ^a   Wang, Maowu ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Lee, Chin Kei ^j   Uyeki, Timothy M ^k   Yang, Weizhong ^a   more..

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c International Field Epidemiology Training Program   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VIRAL DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f Shanghai Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^g Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^h SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

ⁱ SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^k CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LABORATORY TEST; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447253343     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1307.061557     Document Type: Article

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