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Infection of immunocompromised patients by avian H9N2 influenza A virus.
The Journal of infection - 1 May 2011
Cheng Vincent C C, Chan Jasper F W, Wen X, Wu W L, Que T L, Chen H, Chan K H, Yuen K Y
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza A (H9N2) virus is transmitted sporadically from avian species to human causing mild diseases in immunocompetent person. We report two cases of human infection in immunocompromised patients in Hong Kong between 2008 and 2009. One patient had uneventful recovery with viral shedding at day 10 after symptom onset despite her underlying acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The other patient with post-bone...
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