Publication: A child with avian influenza A (H5N1) infection
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2005-02-01
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08913668
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Mahidol University
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Vol.24, No.2 (2005), 162-166
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Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Mongkol Uiprasertkul, Pilaipan Puthavathana, Pimpanada Chearskul, Prasert Auewarakul, Scott F. Dowell, Nirun Vanprapar A child with avian influenza A (H5N1) infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Vol.24, No.2 (2005), 162-166. doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000151037.25237.1e Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17081
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A child with avian influenza A (H5N1) infection
Abstract
Human infections with avian influenza viruses can be severe and may be harbingers of the evolution of a pandemic strain. We present a patient in Thailand who was infected with influenza A (H5N1) virus. Prominent features included the progression from fever and dyspnea to the acute respiratory distress syndrome in a short period, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia. Establishing the diagnosis for this patient increased public awareness of the virus and was soon followed by a halting of poultry-to-human transmission. On the basis of available data, any child with suspected avian influenza infection should be treated with oseltamivir.