Avian influenza A(H7N9) and (H5N1) infections among poultry and swine workers and the general population in Beijing, China, 2013-2015

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Peng ^a,b,c   Ma, Chunna ^a,b   Cui, Shujuan ^a,b   Zhang, Daitao ^a,b   Shi, Weixian ^a,b   Pan, Yang ^a,b,c   Sun, Ying ^a,b   Lu, Guilan ^a,b   Peng, Xiaomin ^a,b   Zhao, Jiachen ^a,b   Liu, Yimeng ^a,b   Wang, Quanyi ^a,b  

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

^b Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84988805163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33877     Document Type: Article

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