Mild Illness in Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus–Infected Poultry Worker, Huzhou, China, April 2013

Open Access

1 November 2013

journal article
case report
Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Vol. 19 (11) , 1885-8
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.130717

Abstract

During April 2013 in China, mild respiratory symptoms developed in 1/61 workers who had culled influenza A(H7N9) virus–infected poultry. Laboratory testing confirmed A(H7N9) infection in the worker and showed that the virus persisted longer in sputum than pharyngeal swab samples. Pharyngeal swab samples from the other workers were negative for A(H7N9) virus.

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