The first avian influenza A (H7N9) viral infection in humans in Zhejiang Province, China: A death report

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-344

  Chen, Enfu ^a   Wang, Fenjuan ^b   Lv, Huakun ^a   Zhang, Yanjun ^a   Ding, Hua ^c   Liu, Shelan ^a   Cai, Jian ^a   Xie, Li ^c   Xu, Xiaoping ^d   Chai, Chengliang ^a   Mao, Haiyan ^a   Sun, Jimin ^a   Lin, Junfen ^a   Yu, Zhao ^a   Li, Lianhong ^a   Chen, Zhiping ^a   Xia, Shichang ^a  

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

^b Xiaoshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c HANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Jiande Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

avian influenza A (H7N9) virus; contacts; epidemiology; person to person transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POULTRY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84883450378     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-013-0275-1     Document Type: Article

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