Human infection with avian influenza A H6N1 virus: an epidemiological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Avian influenza A H6N1 virus is one of the most common viruses isolated from wild and domestic avian species, but human infection with this virus has not been previously reported. We report the clinical presentation, contact, and environmental investigations of a patient infected with this virus, and assess the origin and genetic characteristics of the isolated virus.

Methods

A 20-year-old woman with an influenza-like illness presented to a hospital with shortness of breath in May, 2013. An unsubtyped influenza A virus was isolated from her throat-swab specimen and was transferred to the Taiwan Centres for Disease Control (CDC) for identification. The medical records were reviewed to assess the clinical presentation. We did a contact and environmental investigatio

SUBMITTER: Wei SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164810 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature