1 Outline of Human Avian Influenza 2 Epidemiology 3 Etiology 4 Pathogenesis and Pathological Changes of Avian Influenza in Human 5 Laboratory Examination 6 Clinical Diagnosis and Differentiation Diagnosis 7 Treatment of avian influenza in human 8 Complications and image findings 9 H7N9 Avian Influenza in Human 10 H5N1 Avian Influenza in Human 11 H5N6 avian influenza in human 12 H10N8 Avian Influenza in Human 13 H9N2 Avian Influenza in Human 14 H7N4 Avian Influenza in Human 15 Prevention of Avian influenza in Human 16 Prognosis

DESCRIPCIÓN
Some avian influenza viruses can infect humans, cause disease, and even result in deaths. This book comprehensively and systematically presents the theory, diagnosis and clinical treatment of typical avian influenza viruses in human. The first chapters introduce the ethiology, epidemiology, clinical diagnosis and treatment of human avian influenza and complications. The following chapters include overview, extensive images, differential diagnosis and clinical cases of H7N9, H5N1, H5N6, H10N8, H9N2 and H7N4 avian influenza. Written by practitioners directly involved in the prevention and clinical treatment of human avian influenza, it will be an invaluable aid for practitioners in centers for infectious disease control and prevention, hospitals, and academic institutions to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of avian influenza in human.

Author Information

Chen Qiu is a Professor in respiratory diseases and critical care medicine at Shenzhen People's Hospital and the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Yuxin Shi is a Professor of Department of Radiology, Shanghai Public Health Clinic Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He is the vice-chairman of Infectious Disease Radiology Specialty Committee of Chinese Society of Radiology.
Puxuan Lu is a Professor and Director of Department of Radiology, The Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China. He is the vice-chairman of Infectious Disease Radiology Specialty Committee of Chinese Society of Radiology. Puxuan Lu is also the author of Diagnostic Imaging of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Springer, 2015.