Epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in the two waves before and after October 2013 in Zhejiang province, China

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1839-1845

  Wang, X Y ^a   Chai, C L ^a   Li, F D ^a   He, F ^a   Yu, Z ^a   Wang, X X ^a   Shang, X P ^a   Liu, S L ^a   Lin, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avian influenza A(H7N9); clinical features; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; OCCUPATION; POULTRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGED; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930274653     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881400257X     Document Type: Article

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