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Identification of Human Case of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Infection,India |
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| Authors: | Varsha Potdar Megha Brijwal Rakesh Lodha Pragya Yadav Santosh Jadhav Manohar Lal Choudhary Aashish Choudhary Veena Vipat Nivedita Gupta Ashok Kumar Deorari Lalit Dar Priya Abraham |
| Affiliation: | ICMR National Institute of Virology, Pune, India (V. Potdar, P. Yadav, S. Jadhav, M.L. Choudhary, V. Vipat, P. Abraham);All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (M. Brijwal, R. Lodha, A. Choudhary, A.K. Deorari, L. Dar);Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (N. Gupta) |
| Abstract: | A 11-year-old boy with acute myeloid leukemia was brought for treatment of severe acute respiratory infection in the National Capital Region, New Delhi, India. Avian influenza A(H5N1) infection was laboratory confirmed. Complete genome analysis indicated hemagglutinin gene clade 2.3.2.1a. We found the strain to be susceptible to amantadine and neuraminidase inhibitors. |
| Keywords: | avian influenza influenza A(H5N1) influenza respiratory infections viruses zoonoses India |