Open AccessH7N9 influenza: The emerging infectious disease
Author(s) -
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.115764
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , emerging infectious disease , epidemiology , disease , public health , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , china , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , virus , immunology , pathology , geography , archaeology
Influenza virus infection is a common respiratory pathogen. Emerging of new atypical influenza is usually a big public health threat. H7N9 bird flu is the newest atypical influenza virus infection that has just been reported since early 2013. The emerging of this new disease occurred in China and becomes the present focus for possible worldwide pandemic. In this specific article, the author will discus and describe on epidemiology, symptomatology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of this new bird flu. The literature researching by PubMed and Google is used for data gathering in this collective review.