Human influenza a(H7N9) virus infection associated with poultry farm, Northeastern China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1902-1905

  Fan, Ming ^a   Huang, Biao ^a   Wang, A ^a   Deng, Liquan ^a   Wu, Donglin ^a   Lu, Xinrong ^a   Zhao, Qinglong ^a   Xu, Shuang ^a   Havers, Fiona ^d   Wang, Yanhui ^b   Wu, Jing ^b   Yin, Yuan ^b   Sun, Bingxin ^b   Yao, Jianyi ^c   Xiang, Nijuan ^c  

^a Disease Control and Prevention of Jilin province   (China)

^b Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Changchun   (China)

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

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHINESE DRUG; HEMAGGLUTININ; MATRIX PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; OSELTAMIVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIYANPING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLOACA; ENTERITIS; FEVER; FOWLPOX; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A H7N9; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY FARMING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POULTRY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84908090007     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2011.140608     Document Type: Article

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