Mild Illness in Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus--Infected Poultry Worker, Huzhou, China, April 2013.

Authors :: Huakun Lv
Jiankang Han
Peng Zhang
Ye Lu
Dong Wen
Jian Cai
Shelan Liu
Jimin Sun
Zhao Yu
Heng Zhang
Zhenyu Gong
Enfu Chen
Zhiping Chen
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Nov2013, Vol. 19 Issue 11, p1885-1888. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: During April 2013 in China, mild respiratory symptoms developed in 1/61 workers who had culled influenza A(H7N9) virus-infected poultry. Laboratory testing confirmed A(H7N9) infection in the worker and showed that the virus persisted longer in sputum than pharyngeal swab samples. Pharyngeal swab samples from the other workers were negative for A(H7N9) virus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *H7N9 Influenza
*CULLING of animals
*PUBLIC health
*EPIDEMICS
*COMMUNICABLE diseases

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