Article
Extra-pulmonary viral shedding in H7N9 Avian Influenza patients.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2015
Zhu Zhaoqin, Liu Yi, Xu Lei, Guan Wencai, Zhang Xiaonan, Qi Tangkai, Shi Bisheng, Song Zhigang, Liu Xinian, Wan Yanmin, Tian Di, He Jing, Zhang Xiaoling, Wu Min, Lu Hongzhou, Lu Shuihua, Zhang Zhiyong, Yuan Zhenghong, Hu Yunwen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The clinical features of avian-origin influenza virus A (H7N9) virus infection have been extensively characterized, but viral RNA detection in extra-pulmonary samples has seldom been studied. OBJECTIVES: To study shedding of viral RNA in extra pulmonary samples in patients with avian influenza H7N9 infections. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study of throat swabs, urine, fecal samples and sera collected...
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