Prospective Study of Avian Influenza Virus Infections among Rural Thai Villagers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Krueger, Whitney S ^a   Khuntirat, Benjawan ^b   Yoon, In Kyu ^b   Blair, Patrick J ^c   Chittagarnpitch, Malinee ^d   Putnam, Shannon D ^e   Supawat, Krongkaew ^d   Gibbons, Robert V ^b   Bhuddari, Darunee ^b   Pattamadilok, Sirima ^d   Sawanpanyalert, Pathom ^d   Heil, Gary L ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c Naval Medical Research Unit 2 and Office of Defense Cooperation   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BIRD; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BIRDS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND;

EID: 84881572738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072196     Document Type: Article

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