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Case Reports
. 2005 Feb;24(2):162-6.
doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000151037.25237.1e.

A child with avian influenza A (H5N1) infection

Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit  1 , Mongkol Uiprasertkul, Pilaipan Puthavathana, Pimpanada Chearskul, Prasert Auewarakul, Scott F Dowell, Nirun Vanprapar
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A child with avian influenza A (H5N1) infection

Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

Human infections with avian influenza viruses can be severe and may be harbingers of the evolution of a pandemic strain. We present a patient in Thailand who was infected with influenza A (H5N1) virus. Prominent features included the progression from fever and dyspnea to the acute respiratory distress syndrome in a short period, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia. Establishing the diagnosis for this patient increased public awareness of the virus and was soon followed by a halting of poultry-to-human transmission. On the basis of available data, any child with suspected avian influenza infection should be treated with oseltamivir.

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