Le MQ, Horby P, Fox A, Nguyen HT, Le Nguyen HK, Hoang PMV, Nguyen KC, de Jong MD, Jeeninga RE, Rogier van Doorn H, Farrar J, Wertheim HFL. Subclinical
avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in human, Vietnam.
Emerg Infect Dis 2014;
19:1674-7. [PMID:
24047510 PMCID:
PMC3810763 DOI:
10.3201/eid1910.130730]
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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.
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