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Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 17;23(8). doi: 10.3201/eid2308.170640. [Epub ahead of print]
Preliminary Epidemiology of Human Infections with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2017.
Zhou L, Tan Y, Kang M, Liu F, Ren R, Wang Y, Chen T, Yang Y, Li C, Wu J, Zhang H, Li D, Greene CM, Zhou S, Iuliano AD, Havers F, Ni D, Wang D, Feng Z, Uyeki TM, Li Q.
Abstract
We compared the characteristics of cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H7N9) virus infections in China. HPAI A(H7N9) case-patients were more likely to have had exposure to sick and dead poultry in rural areas and were hospitalized earlier than were LPAI A(H7N9) case-patients.
KEYWORDS:
China; H7N9; HPAI; LPAI; epidemiologic characteristics; epidemiology; highly pathogenic avian influenza; infectious diseases; influenza; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses
PMID: 28580900 DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.170640
Preliminary Epidemiology of Human Infections with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2017.
Zhou L, Tan Y, Kang M, Liu F, Ren R, Wang Y, Chen T, Yang Y, Li C, Wu J, Zhang H, Li D, Greene CM, Zhou S, Iuliano AD, Havers F, Ni D, Wang D, Feng Z, Uyeki TM, Li Q.
Abstract
We compared the characteristics of cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H7N9) virus infections in China. HPAI A(H7N9) case-patients were more likely to have had exposure to sick and dead poultry in rural areas and were hospitalized earlier than were LPAI A(H7N9) case-patients.
KEYWORDS:
China; H7N9; HPAI; LPAI; epidemiologic characteristics; epidemiology; highly pathogenic avian influenza; infectious diseases; influenza; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses
PMID: 28580900 DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.170640