Asymptomatic, mild, and severe influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in humans, Guangzhou, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1535-1540

  Chen, Zongqiu ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Lu, Jianyun ^a   Luo, Lei ^a   Li, Kuibiao ^a   Liu, Yufei ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^b   Di, Biao ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Yang, Zhicong ^a   Xiao, Xincai ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906280832     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2009.140424     Document Type: Article

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