Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2013)

Clinical Findings for Early Human Cases of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infection, Shanghai, China

  • Shuihua Lu,
  • Yufang Zheng,
  • Tao Li,
  • Yunwen Hu,
  • Xinian Liu,
  • Xiuhong Xi,
  • Qingguo Chen,
  • Qingle Wang,
  • Ye Cao,
  • Yanbing Wang,
  • Lijun Zhou,
  • Douglas Lowrie,
  • Jing Bao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.130612
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 7
pp. 1142 – 1146

Abstract

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A novel strain of influenza A(H7N9) virus has emerged in China and is causing mild to severe clinical symptoms in infected humans. Some case-patients have died. To further knowledge of this virus, we report the characteristics and clinical histories of 4 early case-patients.

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