A returning migrant worker with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infection in Guizhou, China: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Dingming ^a   Tang, Guangpeng ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Yu, Chun ^a   Li, Shijun ^a   Zhuang, Li ^a   Fu, Lin ^a   Wang, Shiping ^b   Li, Nanshi ^c   Li, Xiyan ^d   Yang, Lei ^d   Lan, Yu ^d   Bai, Tian ^d   Shu, Yuelong ^d  

^a Guizhou Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Zunyi Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Meitan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology investigation; H7N9 virus; Imported case; Influenza; Migrant worker

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPHENAZONE; BROMHEXINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXOFYLLINE; MEROPENEM; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA A H7N9 VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A GUIZHOU 01502 2014; INFUSION; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; ULCER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FATALITY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84934911927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-015-0580-1     Document Type: Article

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