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Journal of Infection

Volume 71, Issue 6, December 2015, Pages 702-703
Journal of Infection

Letter to the Editor
Symptoms seem to be mild in children infected with avian influenza A (H5N6) and other subtypes

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Highlights

  • Symptoms seem to be mild in children infected with H5N6 and other subtypes.

  • We report the first human infection with novel avian influenza A H5N6 virus.

  • We report the simplified clinical and epidemiological data of a H5N6 case.

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Author contribution

TC designed the research, performed the data analysis, and wrote the article; Data collection was performed by TC and RZ. The final version was approved by all authors.

Conflict of interest declaration

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Financial support

None declared.

Acknowledgement

We thank Jin Zhao and Yuanxiu Huang from the Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention for helpful discussions.

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