Risk assessment on the epidemics of human infection with a novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in Jiangsu Province, China

Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-166

  Liu, Wendong ^a   Zhu, Yefei ^a   Qi, Xian ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Ge, Aihua ^a   Ji, Hong ^a   Ai, Jing ^a   Bao, Changjun ^a   Tang, Fenyang ^a   Zhou, Minghao ^a  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H7N9; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84883262567     PISSN: 16748301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7555/JBR.27.20130071     Document Type: Article

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