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

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1907.130612
• Publication Date: 2013-07-15T12:52:05Z
• Authors: 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
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; diagnosis; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype; H7N9; 03 medical and health sciences; Fatal Outcome; Shanghai China; case reports; Influenza, Human; Humans; Lymphocyte Count; Aged; 0303 health sciences; treatment; Platelet Count; R; Dispatch; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Radiography; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Medicine; influenza

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