Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2013)

Subclinical Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in Human, Vietnam

  • Mai Quynh Le,
  • Peter Horby,
  • Annette Fox,
  • Hien Tran Nguyen,
  • Hang Khanh Le Nguyen,
  • Phuong Mai Vu Hoang,
  • Khanh Cong Nguyen,
  • Menno D. de Jong,
  • Rienk E. Jeeninga,
  • H. Rogier van Doorn,
  • Jeremy Farrar,
  • Heiman F.L. Wertheim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.130730
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 10
pp. 1674 – 1677

Abstract

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Laboratory-confirmed cases of subclinical infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in humans are rare, and the true number of these cases is unknown. We describe the identification of a laboratory-confirmed subclinical case in a woman during an influenza A(H5N1) contact investigation in northern Vietnam.

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