A family cluster of infections by a newly recognized bunyavirus in Eastern China, 2007: Further evidence of person-to-person transmission

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1208-1214

  Bao, Chang Jun ^a   Guo, Xi Ling ^b   Qi, Xian ^a   Hu, Jian Li ^a   Zhou, Ming Hao ^c   Varma, Jay K ^d   Cui, Lun Biao ^b   Yang, Hai Tao ^c   Jiao, Yong Jun ^b   Klena, John D ^d   Li, Lu Xun ^e   Tao, Wen Yuan ^f   Li, Xian ^b   Chen, Yin ^b   Zhu, Zheng ^b   Xu, Ke ^a   Shen, Ai Hua ^e   Wu, Tao ^b   Peng, Hai Yan ^b   Li, Zhi Feng ^a   Shan, Jun ^a   Shi, Zhi Yang ^b   Wang, Hua ^c   more..

^a Department of Acute Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention ^*  (China)

^b Pathogenic Microorganism Institute   (China)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

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

^e Lishui County Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f LISHUI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BUNYAVIRUS; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESIGNATED SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME BUNYAVIRUS; DESIGNATED SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 81855166035     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir732     Document Type: Article

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