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Epidemiological and genetic characteristics of the fifth avian influenza A(H7N9) wave in Suzhou, China, from October 2016 to April 2017.
Virus genes - 1 Apr 2018
Dong Zefeng, Xia Yu, Ya Xuerong, Chen Liling, Liu Cheng, Wang Ruyan, Shen Qiang
Abstract excerpt
Human infections with H7N9 viruses can cause severe pneumonia and even death. To characterize the epidemiology and genetics of the H7N9 viruses circulating during from October 2016 to April 2017 in Suzhou, China, all pharyngeal swab samples were collected from severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases during this fifth wave of infection, and we amplified the H7N9 H7 and N9 genes using a real-time...
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