Epidemiological and risk analysis of the H7N9 subtype influenza outbreak in China at its early stage

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 3183-3187

  Zhuang, QingYe ^a   Wang, SuChun ^a,b   Wu, MeiLi ^a,b   Liu, Shuo ^a   Jiang, WenMing ^a   Hou, GuangYu ^a   Li, JinPing ^a   Wang, KaiCheng ^a   Yu, JianMin ^a   Chen, JiMing ^a   Chen, JiWang ^c  

^a China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center   (China)

^b QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

avian influenza; epidemiology; H7N9; outbreak; risk; virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84883461263     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5880-5     Document Type: Article

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