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Case Reports
. 2006 Jun;20(2):14-6.

[Laboratory diagnoses of the first confirmed human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the mainland of China]

[Article in Chinese]
Jie Dong  1 , Hong Zhang, Yun-zhi Liu, Ye Zhang, Min Wang, Hong-jie Yu, Wei-zhong Yang, Cui-ling Xu, Ni-juan Xiang, Zhong-jie Li, Yu-xu Chen, Yuan-ji Guo, De-xin Li, Jun-hua Li, Yu Wang, Yue-long Shu
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Case Reports

[Laboratory diagnoses of the first confirmed human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the mainland of China]

[Article in Chinese]
Jie Dong et al. Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Background: To determine the etiologic agent of an atypical pneumonia human case admitted to Xiangtan City hospital, Hunan Province in Oct. 2005.

Methods: The patient's respiratory tract samples and serum were collected. Throat swabs were tested by microneutralization and hemagglutination-inhibition assays.

Results: The results of nucleic acid detection of all respiratory samples were negative and virus isolation was also negative. The H5-specific antibodies of convalescence showed a 4-fold greater rise than acute phase.

Conclusion: The atypical pneumonias case was confirmed as the first human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in the mainland of China.

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