Human infection with influenza H9N2

Authors
Peiris, M Yuen, KY Leung, CW Chan, KH Ip, PLS Lai, RWM Orr, WK Shortridge, KF
Citation
M. Peiris et al., Human infection with influenza H9N2, LANCET, 354(9182), 1999, pp. 916-917
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9182
Year of publication
1999
Pages
916 - 917
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990911)354:9182<916:HIWIH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report the clinical features of two cases of human infection with influe nza A virus subtype H9N2 in Hong Kong, and show that serum samples from blo od donors in Hong Kong had neutralising antibody suggestive of prior infect ion with influenza H9N2.