Incubation period for human cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) infection, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1819-1821

  Huai, Yang ^a,b   Xiang, Nijuan ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Feng, Luzhao ^a   Peng, Zhibin ^a   Chapman, Robert S ^b   Uyeki, Timothy M ^c   Yu, Hongjie ^a,d  

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

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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

^d Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POULTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549121239     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080509     Document Type: Letter

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