Transmission of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus from father to child: A report of limited person-to-person transmission, Guangzhou, China, January 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Xiao, X C ^a   Li, K B ^a   Chen, Z Q ^a   Di, B ^a   Yang, Z C ^a   Yuan, J ^a   Luo, H B ^b   Ye, S L ^a   Liu, H ^a   Lu, J Y ^a   Nie, Z ^c   Tang, X P ^b   Wang, M ^a   Zheng, B J ^d  

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

^b Guangzhou the 8th People s Hospital   (China)

^c FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 84921930145     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.25.20837     Document Type: Article

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