Use of national pneumonia surveillance to describe influenza A(H7N9) virus epidemiology, China, 2004-2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1784-1790

  Xiang, Nijuan ^a   Havers, Fiona ^b   Chen, Tao ^a   Song, Ying ^c   Tu, Wenxiao ^a   Li, Leilei ^a   Cao, Yang ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Meng, Ling ^a   Hong, Zhiheng ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Niu, Yan ^a   Yao, Jianyi ^a   Liao, Kaiju ^a   Jin, Lianmei ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Li, Qun ^a   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^b   Feng, Zijian ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A (H7N9); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A(H7N9) VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA SURVEILLANCE; VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887005836     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.130865     Document Type: Article

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