Clusters of human infections with avian influenza a(h7n9) virus in China, March 2013 to June 2015

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 216, Issue , 2017, Pages S548-S554

  Liu, Bo ^a   Havers, Fiona P ^d   Zhou, Lei ^a   Zhong, Haojie ^e   Wang, Xianjun ^f   Mao, Shenghua ^g   Li, Hai ^h   Ren, Ruiqi ^a   Xiang, Nijuan ^a   Shu, Yuelong ^b   Zhou, Suizan ^d   Liu, Fuqiang ⁱ   Chen, Enfu ^j   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^d   Li, Qun ^a   Feng, Zijian ^c  

^a Public Health Emergency Center   (United States)

^b Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

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

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

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

^f Institute of Bacterial Infectious Diseases Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^h Guangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

ⁱ Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

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Author keywords

Avian influenza; China; H7N9 virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030617120     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix098     Document Type: Article

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