What clinicians should know to fight against the novel avian-origin influenza a (H7N9) virus?

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2205-2206

  Cao, Bin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian origin influenza a (H7N9) virus; Clinical features; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84879269412     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20131028     Document Type: Editorial

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