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Subclinical Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in Human,Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Mai Quynh Le Peter Horby Annette Fox Hien Tran Nguyen Hang Khanh Le Nguyen Phuong Mai Vu Hoang Khanh Cong Nguyen Menno D. de Jong Rienk E. Jeeninga H. Rogier van Doorn Jeremy Farrar Heiman F.L. Wertheim |
| Affiliation: | National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam (M.Q.Le, H.T. Nguyen, H.K.L. Nguyen, P.M.V. Hoang, K.C. Nguyen); ;Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (P. Horby, A. Fox, M.D. de Jong, H.R. van Doorn, J. Farrar, H.F.L. Wertheim); ;Centre for Tropical Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom (P. Horby, A. Fox, H.R. van Doorn, J. Farrar, H.F.L. Wertheim); ;Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.D. de Jong, R.E. Jeeninga) |
| Abstract: | Laboratory-confirmed cases of subclinical infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in humans are rare, and the true number of these cases is unknown. We describe the identification of a laboratory-confirmed subclinical case in a woman during an influenza A(H5N1) contact investigation in northern Vietnam. |
| Keywords: | avian influenza A(H5N1) influenza avian influenza H5N1 Vietnam human subclinical viruses asymptomatic clades poultry |