A fatal case of infection with a further reassortant, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 virus in Yunnan, China

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-66

  Xu, Wen ^a   Li, Xiaodan ^b   Bai, Tian ^b   Zhao, Xiaonan ^a   Zhao, Xiang ^b   Zhang, Ye ^b   Guo, Junfeng ^b   Li, Zi ^b   Yang, Lei ^b   Wang, Dayan ^b   Shu, Yuelong ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

H5N6; HPAI influenza; Human infection; Reassortant

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

ADULT; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N6); BIRD; CASE REPORT; CELL LINEAGE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N6); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H9N2); ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; SPUTUM VISCOSITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POULTRY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 84959218836     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.020     Document Type: Letter

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