The WHO update on influenza A (H5N1) in Hong Kong

D Lavanchy

doi:10.2807/esm.03.03.00088-en

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The WHO update on influenza A (H5N1) in Hong Kong
D Lavanchy¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Virology Unit, Division of Emerging and other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control (EMC), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Lavanchy D. The WHO update on influenza A (H5N1) in Hong Kong. Euro Surveill. 1998;3(3):pii=88. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.03.03.00088-en

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Abstract

In May 1997 influenza A subtype H5N1 virus was isolated in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong from a child who died. Until then, the H5N1virus was known to infect only various species of birds, including chickens and ducks. After the first hum