Human to human transmission of H7N9

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7920, 2013, Pages

  Rudge, James W ^a   Coker, Richard ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIRD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; FERRET; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 84882306585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4730     Document Type: Editorial

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