Changing geographic patterns and risk factors for avian influenza A(H7N9) infections in humans, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 87-94

  Artois, Jean ^a   Jiang, Hui ^b   Wang, Xiling ^c   Qin, Ying ^b   Pearcy, Morgan ^a,d   Lai, Shengjie ^b,c,e   Shi, Yujing ^b   Zhang, Juanjuan ^c   Peng, Zhibin ^b   Zheng, Jiandong ^b   He, Yangni ^c   Dhingra, Madhur S ^a,f   von Dobschuetz, Sophie ^f   Guo, Fusheng ^g   Martin, Vincent ^h   Kalpravidh, Wantanee ^g   Claes, Filip ^g   Robinson, Timothy ^f   Hay, Simon I ^i,j   Xiao, Xiangming ^c,k   Feng, Luzhao ^b   Gilbert, Marius ^a,d   Yu, Hongjie ^b,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FNRS   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^g FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^h Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 85038847246     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2401.171393     Document Type: Article

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