Epidemiology of Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in China

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Authors

Qun Li · Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Lei Zhou

Minghao Zhou · Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Zhiping Chen · Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Fu‐Rong Li · Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Huanyu Wu · Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control Prevention

Nijuan Xiang

Abstract

Most persons with confirmed H7N9 virus infection had severe lower respiratory tract illness, were epidemiologically unrelated, and had a history of recent exposure to poultry. However, limited, nonsustained human-to-human H7N9 virus transmission could not be ruled out in four families.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Viral Infections and Vectors Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 370, Issue 6, pp. 520-532

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1304617

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