Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections, Shanghai, China
Zeng Mei
1, Shuihua Lu
1, Xianzheng Wu
1, Lingyun Shao
1, Yu Hui
1, Jiali Wang, Tao Li, Haixia Zhang, Xiaohong Wang, Feifei Yang, Jialin Jin, Ying Zhang, and Wenhong Zhang
Author affiliations: Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Z. Mei, Y. Hui, X. Wang); Fudan University, Shanghai (S. Lu, T. Li, W. Zhang, Y. Zhang); Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai (X. Wu, H. Zhang); Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai (L. Shao, J. Wang, F. Yang, J. Jin, W. Zhang); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Y. Zhang)
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Figure. . Chest computed tomographic scans for 3 patients infected with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, Shanghai, China. A) Patient 1, who died, showing extensive lung infiltrates at day 7 of illness onset. B) Patient 3, who had a severe case, showing partial rear lung infiltrations on both sides of the lung and partial normal lung at day 7 of illness onset. C) Patient 4, who had a mild case, showing only partial left lung lobar involvement at day 9 of illness onset.
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