Seasonality of avian influenza A(H7N9) activity and risk of human A(H7N9) infections from live poultry markets

Journal of Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 690-693

  Wu, Jie ^a,e   Lau, Eric H Y ^b   Xing, Qinbin ^c   Zou, Lirong ^a,e   Zhang, Hongbin ^d   Yen, Hui Ling ^b   Song, Yinchao ^a,e   Zhong, Haojie ^a,e   Lin, Jinyan ^a,e   Kang, Min ^a,e   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b   Huang, Guofeng ^a,e   Ke, Changwen ^a,e  

^a WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^d GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); LETTER; MARKET; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; POULTRY FARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER; ANIMAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RISK; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

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

EID: 84947611302     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.08.007     Document Type: Letter

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