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Preliminary Epidemiology of Human Infections with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
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
Lei Zhou, Yi Tan, Min Kang, Fuqiang Liu, Ruiqi Ren, Yali Wang, Tao Chen, Yiping Yang, Chao Li, Jie Wu, Hengjiao Zhang, Dan Li, Carolyn M. Greene, Suizan Zhou, A. Danielle Iuliano, Fiona Havers, Daxin Ni, Dayan Wang, Zijian Feng, Timothy M. Uyeki, Qun Li   +20 more
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Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study

Lancet, The, 2014
BACKGROUND Transmission of the novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus seems to be predominantly between poultry and people. In the major Chinese cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Nanjing--where most human cases of infection have occurred--live ...
Hongjie Yu, Joseph T Wu, Benjamin J Cowling   +2 more
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Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis, 2017
The recent increase in zoonotic avian influenza A(H7N9) disease in China is a cause of public health concern. Most of the A(H7N9) viruses previously reported have been of low pathogenicity.
Ke C, Mok CKP, Zhu W, Zhou H, He J, Guan W, Wu J, Song W, Wang D, Liu J, Lin Q, Chu DKW, Yang L, Zhong N, Yang Z, Shu Y, Peiris JSM.   +16 more
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Monitoring Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus through National Influenza-like Illness Surveillance, China [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
In China during March 4–April 28, 2013, avian influenza A(H7N9) virus testing was performed on 20,739 specimens from patients with influenza-like illness in 10 provinces with confirmed human cases: 6 (0.03%) were positive, and increased numbers of ...
Cuiling Xu, Fiona Havers, Lijie Wang, Tao Chen, Jinghong Shi, Dayan Wang, Jing Yang, Lei Yang, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Yuelong Shu   +9 more
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Is avian influenza A (H7N9) virus staggering its way to humans?

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013
Human infections by a new avian influenza A (H7N9) virus have been reported. As of April 23, 2013, there were 108 confirmed cases including 22 deaths in China.
Guang-Wu Chen, Michael M.C. Lai, Suh-Chin Wu, Shih-Cheng Chang, Li-Min Huang, Shin-Ru Shih   +5 more
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Pathogenesis and transmission of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in ferrets and mice [PDF]

Nature, 2013
On 29 March 2013, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first reported case of human infection with an avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. The recent human infections with H7N9 virus, totalling over 130 cases with 39 fatalities to date, have been characterized by severe pulmonary disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome (
Belser, Jessica A., Gustin, Kortney M., Pearce, Melissa B., Maines, Taronna R., Zeng, Hui, Pappas, Claudia, Sun, Xiangjie, Carney, Paul J., Villanueva, Julie M., Stevens, James, Katz, Jacqueline M., Tumpey, Terrence M.   +11 more
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Effectiveness of Live Poultry Market Interventions on Human Infection with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis, 2020
Various interventions for live poultry markets (LPMs) have emerged to control outbreaks of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in mainland China since March 2013. We assessed the effectiveness of various LPM interventions in reducing transmission of H7N9 virus
Wang W, Artois J, Wang X, Kucharski AJ, Pei Y, Tong X, Virlogeux V, Wu P, Cowling BJ, Gilbert M, Yu H.   +10 more
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The pandemic potential of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus: a review [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 2015
SummaryIn March 2013 the first cases of human avian influenza A(H7N9) were reported to the World Health Organization. Since that time, over 650 cases have been reported. Infections are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, particularly within certain demographic groups.
W. D. TANNER, D. J. A. TOTH, A. V. GUNDLAPALLI   +2 more
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Poultry to Human Passport: Cross-species Transmission of Zoonotic H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus to Humans [PDF]

Zoonoses, 2022
Human infections with H7N9 avian influenza virus were first reported in the early spring of 2013, in the Yangtze-delta region of China. This virus subsequently caused five successive epidemic waves from 2013 to 2018 with highest reported cases in the ...
Yongkun Chen, Tian Bai, Yuelong Shu
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Novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus induces impaired interferon responses in human dendritic cells. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
In March 2013 a new avian influenza A(H7N9) virus emerged in China and infected humans with a case fatality rate of over 30%. Like the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, H7N9 virus is causing severe respiratory distress syndrome in most patients.
Veera Arilahti, Sanna M Mäkelä, Janne Tynell, Ilkka Julkunen, Pamela Österlund   +4 more
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