Human Co-Infection with Avian and Seasonal Influenza Viruses, China

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Nov;20(11):1953-1955. doi: 10.3201/eid2011.140897.
Human Co-Infection with Avian and Seasonal Influenza Viruses, China.
Li J, Kou Y, Yu X, Sun Y, Zhou Y, Pu X, Jin T, Pan J, Gao GF.

PMID:
25340661
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25340661

 

[gsgs]

Re: Human Co-Infection with Avian and Seasonal Influenza Viruses, China

... did occur
... was rare
... should be surveilled
... is of concern
... is something that we should not worry about
... is an interesting future subject for research

or what

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: Human Co-Infection with Avian and Seasonal Influenza Viruses, China

Of 60 patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H7N9) infections in Hangzhou in April 2013 and in January?February 2014, testing of pharyngeal swab samples indicated that 2 patients were also positive for seasonal influenza virus.

full article here
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/11/14-0897_article

 

[gsgs]

Re: Human Co-Infection with Avian and Seasonal Influenza Viruses, China

no reassortants found

(while it's unclear to me how much they searched for it)