First evidence of H10N8 Avian influenza virus infections among feral dogs in live poultry markets in Guangdong province, China.
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TO THE EDITOR—On 17 December 2013, China formally confirmed the first human infection with an avian influenza A(H10N8) virus in Jiangxi Province [1]. The patient, a 73-year-old female, was hospitalized on November 30th with severe pneumonia. She died on 6December. As of 15 February 2014, 3 cases of human infection with H10N8 avian influenza virus (AIV) have been confirmed in Jiangxi Province, 2 of which resulted in deaths [2]. The outbreak of H10N8 virus was in keeping with a second wave of human influenza A(H7N9) virus
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 59 5 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014