Food markets with live birds as source of avian influenza.
A patient may have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, at a food market that had live birds. Virus genes were detected in 1 of 79 wire cages for birds at 9 markets. One of 110 persons in the poultry business at markets had neutralizing antibody against H5N1.
Wang
Ming
M
Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Di
Biao
B
Zhou
Duan-Hua
DH
Zheng
Bo-Jian
BJ
Jing
Huaiqi
H
Lin
Yong-Ping
YP
Liu
Yu-Fei
YF
Wu
Xin-Wei
XW
Qin
Peng-Zhe
PZ
Wang
Yu-Lin
YL
Jian
Li-Yun
LY
Li
Xiang-Zhong
XZ
Xu
Jian-Xiong
JX
Lu
En-Jie
EJ
Li
Tie-Gang
TG
Xu
Jianguo
J
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny