Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 352; no. 4; pp. 333 - 340
• Main Authors: Ungchusak, Kumnuan, Auewarakul, Prasert, Dowell, Scott F, Kitphati, Rungrueng, Auwanit, Wattana, Puthavathana, Pilaipan, Uiprasertkul, Mongkol, Boonnak, Kobporn, Pittayawonganon, Chakrarat, Cox, Nancy J, Zaki, Sherif R, Thawatsupha, Pranee, Chittaganpitch, Malinee, Khontong, Rotjana, Simmerman, James M, Chunsutthiwat, Supamit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 27.01.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Avian influenza virus; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Child; Disease transmission; Fatal Outcome; Female; General aspects; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infections; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Influenza A virus - genetics; Influenza A virus - isolation & purification; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; Influenza in Birds - transmission; Influenza, Human - transmission; Influenza, Human - virology; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Medical sciences; Pandemics; Phylogeny; Poultry; Radiography; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Zoonoses - transmission; Thailand; Infection; Medicine; Avian influenza; Influenza A; Viral disease; Transmission
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa044021

This investigation was conducted in Thailand after a young girl and her mother died from acute viral pneumonia and an aunt with whom the girl had lived also had severe viral pneumonia. Samples from the mother and aunt were positive for avian influenza (H5N1) infection. In this cluster of avian influ...