Mild Influenza A/H7N9 Infection Among Children in Guangdong Province. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zeng, Xianqiao; Mai, Wei; Shu, Bo; Yi, Lina; Lu, Jing; Song, Tie; Zhong, Haojie; Xiao, Hong; Guan, Dawei; Wu, Jie; Liang, Lijun; Monagin, Corina; Zhang, Xin; Ke, Changwen
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 34:Issue 1(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000492
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <p>We describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of 7 children infected with A/H7N9 in Guangdong Province during the winter of 2013–2014. Our results indicate that the mild or asymptomatic characteristics common in H7N9-infected children could pose challenges to our surveillance system becoming a hidden threat to the public health of China and the world.</p> </sec> </abstract>