Significantly elevated number of human infections with H7N9 virus in Jiangsu in eastern China, October 2016 to January 2017

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2017, Pages

  Huo, Xiang ^a   Chen, Liling ^b   Qi, Xian ^a   Huang, Haodi ^a   Dai, Qigang ^a   Yu, Huiyan ^a   Xia, Yu ^b   Liu, Wendong ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Ma, Wang ^c   Zhang, Jun ^b   Bao, Chang Jun ^a  

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

^b Suzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLLUTION; POULTRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85017257732     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.13.30496     Document Type: Article

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