Epidemiological link between exposure to poultry and all influenza A(H7N9) confirmed cases in Huzhou city, China, March to May 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Han, J ^a   Jin, M ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Liu, J ^b   Wang, L ^b   Wen, D ^a   Wu, X ^a   Liu, G ^a   Zou, Y ^c   Lv, X ^d   Dong, X ^e   Sho, B ^f   Gu, S ^g   Zhou, D ^b   Leng, Q ^b   Zhang, C ^b   Lan, K ^b  

^a Huzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b INSTITUTE PASTEUR OF SHANGHAI   (China)

^c Huzhou Nanxun Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Animal Disease Control and Prevention Center of Wuxing District   (China)

^e Deqing County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

^g Anji County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A(H7N9); LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MYALGIA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SYMPTOM; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84878030115     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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