Outbreak of Influenza A(H7N2) among Cats in an Animal Shelter with Cat-to-Human Transmission - New York City, 2016

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1927-1929

  Lee, Christopher T ^a,b   Slavinski, Sally ^a   Schiff, Corinne ^a   Merlino, Mario ^a   Daskalakis, Demetre ^a   Liu, Dakai ^a   Rakeman, Jennifer L ^a   Misener, Mark ^a   Thompson, Corinne ^a   Leung, Yin Ling ^a   Varma, Jay K ^a,c   Fry, Alicia ^d   Havers, Fiona ^d   Davis, Todd ^d   Newbury, Sandra ^e   Layton, Marcelle ^a   Abraham, Bisrat ^b   Ackelsberg, Joel ^b   Antwi, Mike ^b   Balter, Sharon ^b   Davidson, Alexander ^b   Rosso, Paula Del ^b   Devinney, Katelynn ^b   Dorsinville, Marie ^b   Fine, Anne ^b   Gutelius, Bruce ^b   Jones, Lucretia ^b   Lee, Ellen ^b   Lee, Kristen ^b   McIntosh, Natasha ^b   Mensah, Nana ^b   Miller, Sam ^b   Moskin, Linda ^b   Ng, Linda ^b   Ngai, Stephanie ^b   Nivin, Beth ^b   Olson, Carolyn ^b   Paladini, Marc ^b   Parton, Hilary ^b   Pichardo, Carolina ^b   Porter, Michael ^b   Ramlakhan, Ingrid ^b   Schroeder, Andrew ^b   Starr, David ^b   Torres, Norma ^b   Weiss, Don ^b   Westheimer, Emily ^b   Hall, Rebecca ^b   Obijo, Tina ^b   Lindstrom, Stephen ^b   Marinova Petkova, Atanaska ^b   Toohey Kurth, Kathy ^e   Torchetti, Mia ^f   Weinstoc, Risa ^g   more..

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g NYC Animal Care Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

avian influenza; novel influenza; zoonotic infection

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N2); MYALGIA; NEW YORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW YORK CITY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 85034861775     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix668     Document Type: Article

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