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Volume 28, Number 7—July 2022
Research

Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Genetic Characteristics of Human Infections with Influenza A(H5N6) Viruses, China

Wenfei Zhu1, Xiyan Li1, Jie Dong1, Hong Bo, Jia Liu, Jiaying Yang, Ye Zhang, Hejiang Wei, Weijuan Huang, Xiang Zhao, Tao Chen, Jing Yang, Zi Li, Xiaoxu Zeng, Chao Li, Jing Tang, Li Xin, Rongbao Gao, Liqi Liu, Min Tan, Yuelong Shu, Lei YangComments to Author , and Dayan WangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (W. Zhu, X. Li, J. Dong, H. Bo, J. Liu, Jiaying Yang, Y. Zhang, H. Wei, W. Huang, X. Zhao, T. Chen, Jing Yang, Z. Li, X. Zeng, C. Li. J. Tang, L. Xin, R. Gao, L. Liu, M. Tan, Y. Shu, L. Yang, D. Wang); Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (C. Li); World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Beijing (W. Zhu, X. Li, J. Dong, H. Bo, J. Liu, Jiaying Yang, Y. Zhang, H. Wei, W. Huang, X. Zhao, T. Chen, Jing Yang, Z. Li, X. Zeng, J. Tang, L. Xin, R. Gao, L. Liu, M. Tan, Y. Shu, L. Yang, D. Wang); Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Beijing (W. Zhu, X. Li, J. Dong, H. Bo, J. Liu, Jiaying Yang, Y. Zhang, H. Wei, W. Huang, X. Zhao, T. Chen, Jing Yang, Z. Li, X. Zeng, J. Tang, L. Xin, R. Gao, L. Liu, M. Tan, Y. Shu, L. Yang, D. Wang); Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Jiaying Yang, Y. Shu)

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Table 2

List of symptoms at illness onset of 64 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, China*

Symptoms at illness onset No. (%)
Fever (>38°C) 47 (73.4)
Cough 38 (59.4)
Sputum 15 (23.4)
Fatigue 15 (23.4)
Dizziness 14 (21.9)
Chills 14 (21.9)
Headache 13 (20.3)
Shortness of breath 9 (14.1)
Muscle soreness 7 (10.9)
Sore throat 6 (12.2)
Nasal congestion 6 (9.4)
Coryza 5 (7.8)
Vomiting 4 (6.3)
Chest pain 2 (3.1)

*Information for 1 case was not available.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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