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The emergence of influenza A H7N9 in human beings 16 years after influenza A H5N1: a tale of two cities.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2013
To Kelvin K W, Chan Jasper F W, Chen Honglin, Li Lanjuan, Yuen Kwok-Yung
Abstract excerpt
Infection with either influenza A H5N1 virus in 1997 or avian influenza A H7N9 virus in 2013 caused severe pneumonia that did not respond to typical or atypical antimicrobial treatment, and resulted in high mortality. Both viruses are reassortants with internal genes derived from avian influenza A H9N2 viruses that circulate in Asian poultry. Both viruses have genetic markers of mammalian adaptation in their...
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