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Internal medicine journal · Sep 2020
Characteristics of H7N9 avian influenza pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of 17 cases.
H7N9 avian influenza is an infection of public health concern, in part because of its high mortality rate and pandemic potential. ⋯ H7N9 virus infection causes human influenza-like symptoms, but may rapidly progress to severe pneumonia and even death. Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of H7N9 infection in high-risk patients. The presence of the IFITM3 rs12252-C genotype may predict severe illness.