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Advances on epidemiological research of human infections with novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus

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Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2017 Feb 6;51(2):183-187. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.02.017.
[h=1][Advances on epidemiological research of human infections with novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus].[/h] [Article in Chinese; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher]
Wang QM[SUP]1[/SUP], Liu SL, Chen EF.
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] in English, Chinese
Human infections with novel avian influenza A(H7N9)virus was an emerging infectious disease discovered in March, 2013. As of June30, 2016, 770 cases of H7N9 were reported in worldwide including 315 deaths with 40.9% of high case fatality rate. Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta were the high-prevalence area. Formerly, the cases of H7N9 were concentrated on the municipalities. However, most of the case-patients were from smaller cities or rural areas nowadays. The H7N9 human infections mainly occurred in winter and spring every waves as similar as seasonal and H5N1 human infections. Middle aged and old (the median age was 61 years) male patients were occupied the large proportion among the cases of H7N9. In addition, the phenomenon of the limited and unsustained human-to-human transmission were existed. At present, the 4 major epidemic waves had happened and human infections with novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus could be outbreak regularly in China. In this paper, the pathogenic characteristics and disease distribution of H7N9 influenza A viruses were elaborated, with both transmission factors and control measures, which were helpful to provide the scientific evidence for prevention and control in H7N9avian influenza epidemic.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Disease transmission, infectious; Epidemics; Influenza in birds

PMID: 28219161
[PubMed - in process]
 
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