Measures to combat H7N9 virus infection in China: Live poultry purchasing habits, poultry handling, and living conditions increase the risk of exposure to contaminated environments

BioScience Trends

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 168-171

  Song, Peipei ^a,b   Xia, Jufeng ^c   Gao, Jianjun ^c   Xu, Lingzhong ^b   Huang, Yong ^d   Yao, Linong ^e   Tang, Wei ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Environmental exposure; H7N9 virus; Live poultry market

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY;

EID: 84886298310     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/bst.2013.v7.4.168     Document Type: Article

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