Convalescent Plasma Treatment Reduced Mortality in Patients With Severe Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection

Fan‐Ngai Hung, Ivan; Kai‐Wang To, Kelvin; Lee, Cheuk‐Kwong; Lee, Kar‐Lung; Chan, Kenny; Yan, Wing-Wah; W. Liu, Raymond; Watt, Chi‐Leung; Chan, Wai-Ming; Lai, Kang‐Yiu; Koo, Chi‐Kwan; Buckley, Tom; Chow, Fu‐Loi; Wong, Kwan-Keung; CHAN, Hok‐Sum; Ching, Chi-Keung; S. F. Tang, Bone; CY Lau, Candy; WS Li, Iris; Liu, Shao‐Haei; Chan, Kwok‐Hung; K. Lin, C.; Yuen, Kwok‐Yung

doi:10.1093/cid/ciq106

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Convalescent Plasma Treatment Reduced Mortality in Patients With Severe Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jan 20, 2011

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Ivan Fan‐Ngai Hung

Kelvin Kai‐Wang To

Cheuk‐Kwong Lee

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Experience from treating patients with Spanish influenza and influenza A(H5N1) suggested that convalescent plasma therapy might be beneficial. However, its efficacy in patients with severe pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus (H1N1 2009) infection remained unknown. METHODS: During the p...

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