Geographic co-distribution of influenza virus subtypes H7N9 and H5N1 in humans, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1898-1900

  Wang, Liya ^a   Zhang, Wenyi ^a   Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J ^b   Clements, Archie C A ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^b   Ding, Fan ^c   Sun, Hailong ^a   Li, Shenlong ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^c   Chen, Zeliang ^a   Sun, Yansong ^a   Huang, Liuyu ^a   Li, Cheng Yi ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POULTRY FARMING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC CO-DISTRIBUTION; H5N1; H7N9; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; LOW PATHOGENICITY; SUBTYPES; VIRUSES;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887011414     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.130815     Document Type: Letter

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