Human infection with a novel avian influenza A(H5N6) virus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 487-489

  Yang, Zi Feng ^a   Mok, Chris K P ^b   Peiris, Joseph S M ^b   Zhong, Nan Shan ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFOPERAZONE PLUS SULBACTAM; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PARACETAMOL; TEICOPLANIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A H5N6 INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N6; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POULTRY; RADIOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY;

EID: 84938400639     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1502983     Document Type: Letter

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