Comparison of characteristics between patients with H7N9 living in rural and urban areas of Zhejiang Province, China: A preliminary report

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sun, Jimin ^a   Gong, Zhenyu ^a   Lv, Huakun ^a   Chen, Zhiping ^a   Chai, Chengliang ^a   Liu, Shelan ^a   Ling, Feng ^a   Lu, Ye ^a   Cai, Jian ^a   Yu, Zhao ^a   Miao, Ziping ^a   Ren, Jiangping ^a   Chen, Enfu ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POULTRY FARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84899436551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093775     Document Type: Article

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