Laboratory diagnosis and epidemiology of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infection in humans in Nanchang City, China

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 558-560

  Zhou, Xianfeng ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Ni, Xiansheng ^a   Liu, Mingbin ^a   Hu, Maohong ^a   Wu, Jingwen ^a   Xia, Wen ^a   Yang, Shu ^a   Liu, Yangqing ^a   Xiong, Zhiwei ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a  

^a Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; H7N9; Influenza; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9 INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POULTRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 84888080335     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.558     Document Type: Note

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