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Avian Influenza in Human

  • Focuses on human infection with different types of avian influenza viruses

  • Presents first cases of newly emerged avian influenza in human

  • Written by experts with extensive experience in the field

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Outline of Human Avian Influenza

    • Chen Qiu, Gui-lin Yang, Pu-xuan Lu
    Pages 1-6
  3. Epidemiology

    • Gui-lin Yang, Kai Zhou, Yong-xiang Yi, Chen Qiu
    Pages 7-16
  4. Etiology

    • Zhi-gang Song, Yu-xin Shi, Hua-bin Yin, Jun Chen, Hong-zhou Lu
    Pages 17-27
  5. Pathogenesis and Pathological Changes of Avian Influenza in Human

    • Yan-ling Feng, Xiao-hua Le, Shi-pin Wu
    Pages 29-40
  6. Laboratory Examination

    • Zhao-qin Zhu, Hong-zhou Lu, Yu-xin Shi, Wan-shui Shan
    Pages 41-55
  7. Clinical Diagnosis and Differentiation Diagnosis

    • Shi-pin Wu, Dong-na Su, Chen Qiu
    Pages 57-61
  8. Treatment of Avian Influenza in Human

    • Shi-pin Wu, Kai Zhou, Chen Qiu
    Pages 63-69
  9. Complications and Image Findings

    • Yu-xin Shi, Xiu-dong Shi, Ling-wei Wang, Su Zhou, Wei-ya Shi, Jin-ping Wu
    Pages 71-83
  10. H7N9 Avian Influenza in Human

    • Feng Feng, Yu-xin Shi, Yu-zhe Wang, Yi-bo Lu, Shu-yi Yang, Qin-qin Yan
    Pages 85-102
  11. H5N1 Avian Influenza in Human

    • Qian-qian Zhang, He-ping Xu, Yong Sun, Bu-dong Chen, Fei Shi, Guang-ping Zheng et al.
    Pages 103-113
  12. H5N6 Avian Influenza in Human

    • Hua Huang, Yue Zeng, Qing-si Zeng, Jia-fu Lin, Gui-xia Wang, Xiao-yan Huang et al.
    Pages 115-129
  13. H10N8 Avian Influenza in Human

    • Yu-lin He, Fei Shi, Chuan-jun Xu, Bu-dong Chen, Ying-ying Deng, Pu-xuan Lu
    Pages 131-143
  14. H9N2 Avian Influenza in Human

    • Qian-qian Zhang, Kai Zhou, Wen-zhong Hou, Ru-ming Xie, Yu-lin He, Pu-xuan Lu
    Pages 145-155
  15. H7N4 Avian Influenza in Human

    • Yi-bo Lu, Wei Huang, Sheng-xiu Lv, Qiu-ting Zheng, Pu-xuan Lu, Jin-ping Wu
    Pages 157-165
  16. Prevention of Avian Influenza in Human

    • Gui-lin Yang, Ling-wei Wang, Chen Qiu, Yong-yi Lu, Yu-xin Shi
    Pages 167-186
  17. Prognosis

    • Gui-lin Yang, Dong-na Su, Chen Qiu
    Pages 187-190
  18. Correction to: Avian Influenza in Human

    • Chen Qiu, Yu-xin Shi, Pu-xuan Lu
    Pages C1-C2

About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China

    Chen Qiu

  • Department of Radiology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai, China

    Yu-xin Shi

  • Department of Medical Imaging, Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China

    Pu-xuan Lu

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Avian Influenza in Human

  • Editors: Chen Qiu, Yu-xin Shi, Pu-xuan Lu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1429-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: People's Medical Publishing House, PR of China 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1428-6Published: 02 June 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1431-6Published: 03 June 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1429-3Published: 01 June 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 190

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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