J Infect Dis. - Avian influenza human infections at the human-animal interface

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J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 10. pii: jiaa105. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa105. [Epub ahead of print] [h=1]Avian influenza human infections at the human-animal interface.[/h]
Philippon DAM[SUP]1[/SUP], Wu P[SUP]1[/SUP], Cowling BJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Lau EHY[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Avian influenza A viruses (AIVs) are among the most concerning emerging and re-emerging pathogens because of the potential risk in causing an influenza pandemic with catastrophic impact. The recent increase in domestic animals and poultry worldwide was followed by an increase of human AIV outbreaks reported.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] We reviewed the epidemiology of human infections with AIV from the literature including reports from the World Health Organization, extracting information on virus subtype, time, location, age, sex, outcome and exposure.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] We described the characteristics of more than 2,500 laboratory-confirmed human infections with AIVs. Human infections with H5N1 and H7N9 were more frequently reported than other subtypes. The risk of death was highest among reported cases infected with H5N1, H5N6, H7N9 and H10N8 infections. Older people and males tended to have a lower risk of infection with most AIV subtypes, except for H7N9. Visiting live poultry markets were mostly reported by H7N9, H5N6 and H10N8 cases, while exposure to sick or dead bird mostly reported by H5N1, H7N2, H7N3, H7N4, H7N7 and H10N7 cases.
[h=4]DISCUSSION:[/h] Understanding the profile of human cases of different AIV subtypes would guide control strategy. Continued monitoring of human infections with AIVs is essential for pandemic preparedness.
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[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] avian influenza; human infection; review

PMID: 32157291 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa105

 

[sharon sanders]

FluTrackers is mentioned along with the World Health Organization, and a few research papers, as a source for this paper.

Thank you to the authors for mentioning us.

 

[sharon sanders]

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Methods

Search strategy

Human cases of avian influenza and outbreaks were identified using WHO Reports [11-13],
FluTrackers [14] and publications of related studies on PubMed. Articles were identified
using the query ("avian" OR "A") AND "influenza" AND ("individual" OR "individuals" OR
"worker" OR "workers" OR "patient" OR "patients" OR "persons" OR "person" OR "human"
OR "man" OR "woman" OR "men" OR "women"), with a publication date until July 31,
2019. References cited in the resulting articles were also reviewed.
WHO situation updates for Avian Influenza [11], WHO Monthly Risk Assessment Summary
for Human Animal Interface [13] and WHO Weekly Epidemiological Reports [12] were also
used to provide information on the human cases for different AIV subtypes. When case
information was missing in the WHO report, we reviewed Flutrackers and publications for
complementary information. FluTrackers is a public website where publicly-available
information on influenza and other emerging pathogens is curated [15].

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