Avian Influenza (H7N9) Virus Infection in Chinese Tourist in Malaysia, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  William, Timothy ; Thevarajah, Bharathan ; Lee, Shiu Fee ; Suleiman, Maria ; Jeffree, Mohamad Saffree ; Menon, Jayaram ; Saat, Zainah ; Thayan, Ravindran ; Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah ; Yeo, Tsin Wen
• Description:
  Of the ≈400 cases of avian influenza (H7N9) diagnosed in China since 2003, the only travel-related cases have been in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Detection of a case in a Chinese tourist in Sabah, Malaysia, highlights the ease with which emerging viral respiratory infections can travel globally.
• Subjects:
  Aged Dispatch Epidemiological Monitoring Female Humans Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype Multilocus Sequence Typing Travel
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(1):142-145.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China ; Malaysia
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cee8e8683713d895d0135bfe9aa8565047a6511588fe75590df3bb795f86901c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26693/cdc_26693_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 564.72 KB ]