Immune influence of pregnancy on human H7N9 infection: A case report

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 157-162

  Cui, G ^a,b   Diao, H ^a,b   Wei, Y ^a,b   Chen, J ^a,b   Gao, H ^a,b   Zuo, J ^a,b   Yang, Y ^a,b   Tang, L ^a,b   Cao, H ^a,b   Chen, Y ^a,b   Li, L ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokines; H7N9; Immunologic characteristics; Influenza; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; OSELTAMIVIR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRAL CLEARANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84976877781     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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