Identifying areas with a high risk of human infection with the avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in East Asia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-181

  Fuller, Trevon ^a   Havers, Fiona ^b   Xu, Cuiling ^c   Fang, Li Qun ^d   Cao, Wu Chun ^d   Shu, Yuelong ^c   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^e   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickens; Influenza A virus H7N9 subtype; Influenza in birds; International health problems; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LIVE BIRD MARKET; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY FARMING; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POULTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84903490038     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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