Probable Hospital Cluster of H7N9 Influenza Infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 596-598

  Farooqui, Amber ^a   Liu, Weidong ^b   Kelvin, David J ^c  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c International Institute of Infection and Immunity   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84959295453     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1505359     Document Type: Letter

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