Human infection with H7N9 virus [3]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 879-880

  Chang, Feng Yee ^a   Lin, Tzou Yien ^b   Chiu, Wen Ta ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ GENE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS NEURAMINIDASE GENE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MALE; NOTE; VIROLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

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

EID: 84883086672     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1308255     Document Type: Letter

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