Human infections with recently-emerging highly pathogenic H7N9 avian influenza virus in China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 71-75

  Zhang, Fuchun ^a   Bi, Yuhai ^b   Wang, Jian ^a   Wong, Gary ^b   Shi, Weifeng ^c   Hu, Fengyu ^a   Yang, Yang ^d   Yang, Liuqing ^d   Deng, Xilong ^a   Jiang, Songfeng ^a   He, Xi ^a   Liu, Yingxia ^d   Yin, Chibiao ^a   Zhong, Nanshan ^a   Gao, George F ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENZHEN THIRD PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILL; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SANGER SEQUENCING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); POULTRY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY;

EID: 85017464105     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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