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Epidemiology of human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in Guangdong, 2016 to 2017

Year: 2017

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: We describe the epidemiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H7N9) based on poultry market environmental surveillance and laboratory-confirmed human cases (n = 9) in Guangdong, China. We also compare the epidemiology between human cases of high- and low-pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N9) (n = 51) in Guangdong. Case fatality and severity were similar. Touching sick or dead poultry was the most important risk factor for HPAI A(H7N9) infections and should be highlighted for the control of future influenza A(H7N9) epidemics.

Source: Eurosurveillance

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.27.30568

Authors: Min Kang, Eric H Y Lau, Wenda Guan, Yuwei Yang, Tie Song, Benjamin J Cowling, Jie Wu, Malik Peiris, Jianfeng He, Chris Ka Pun Mok

Institutions: Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Hong Kong, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole

Language: English

Topic: Influenza Virus Research Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Health and Medical Research Fund, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: MIDAS Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, G2865520385, Surveillance of influenza A including subtype H7N9 in outpatients with influenza-like illness and hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) presenting at The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, G7195209197, G7723221966

OpenAlex ID: W2734479587

FWCI: 5.181

Cites: 10

Cited by: 33

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