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Influenza H5/H7 Virus Vaccination in Poultry and Reduction of Zoonotic Infections, Guangdong Province, China, 2017-18

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 17;25(1). doi: 10.3201/eid2501.181259. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Influenza H5/H7 Virus Vaccination in Poultry and Reduction of Zoonotic Infections, Guangdong Province, China, 2017-18.[/h] Wu J, Ke C, Lau EHY, Song Y, Cheng KL, Zou L, Kang M, Song T, Peiris M, Yen HL.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We compared the detection frequency of avian influenza H7 subtypes at live poultry markets in Guangdong Province, China, before and after the introduction of a bivalent H5/H7 vaccine in poultry. The vaccine was associated with a 92% reduction in H7 positivity rates among poultry and a 98% reduction in human H7N9 cases.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] China; Guangdong; H5/H7 poultry vaccine; H7N9; One Health; avian influenza; influenza; respiratory infections; vaccination; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses

PMID: 30355435 DOI: 10.3201/eid2501.181259
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