Chao Yuanfang: Imperial Physician of the Sui Dynasty and an Early Pertussis Observer?

Early Chinese texts contain extensive disease descriptions, including various texts that contain descriptions of modern-day conditions. During the Sui Dynasty, a leading scholar, Chao Yuanfang, may have authored a leading treatise 1400 years ago. Although these texts are the subject of ongoing resea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Liang, Yan, Salim, Abdulbaset M., Wu, Wendy, Kilgore, Paul E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw017
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Sumario:Early Chinese texts contain extensive disease descriptions, including various texts that contain descriptions of modern-day conditions. During the Sui Dynasty, a leading scholar, Chao Yuanfang, may have authored a leading treatise 1400 years ago. Although these texts are the subject of ongoing research, evidence suggests that a clinical syndrome consistent with pertussis was observed in ancient China.

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