Cluster of human infections with avian influenza a (H7N9) cases: A temporal and spatial analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 816-828

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Shen, Zhixiong ^b,c   Ma, Chunna ^a   Jiang, Chengsheng ^d   Feng, Cindy ^e   Shankar, Nivedita ^f   Yang, Peng ^a   Sun, Wenjie ^g,h   Wang, Quanyi ^a  

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

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; GIS; H7N9; Influenza A; SatScan; Space time

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

AVES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921502774     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120100816     Document Type: Article

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