Human infection with highly pathogenic a(H7N7) avian influenza virus, Italy, 2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1745-1749

  Puzelli, Simona ^a   Rossini, Giada ^b   Facchini, Marzia ^a   Vaccari, Gabriele ^a   Di Trani, Livia ^a   Di Martino, Angela ^a   Gaibani, Paolo ^b   Vocale, Caterina ^b   Cattoli, Giovanni ^c   Bennett, Michael ^d   McCauley, John W ^d   Rezza, Giovanni ^a   Moro, Maria Luisa ^e   Rangoni, Roberto ^e   Finarelli, Alba Carola ^e   Landini, Maria Paola ^b   Castrucci, Maria Rita ^a   Donatelli, Isabella ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N7); INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84907290669     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2010.140512     Document Type: Article

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