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To the Editor: On November 2, 2005, fever, chills, and cough developed in a previously healthy woman who was four months pregnant. Chickens and ducks in her household had become ill and had died during October. From October 25 through October 30, the patient had been actively involved in slaughtering and defeathering sick poultry before they were cooked for family consumption. She presented to the hospital in Tongling City, China, on November 7 with dyspnea, cyanosis, a temperature of 38.8°C, a pulse of 118 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 37 breaths per minute, and an oxygen saturation of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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