Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2014)

Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic A(H7N7) Avian Influenza Virus, Italy, 2013

  • Simona Puzelli,
  • Giada Rossini,
  • Marzia Facchini,
  • Gabriele Vaccari,
  • Livia Di Trani,
  • Angela Di Martino,
  • Paolo Gaibani,
  • Caterina Vocale,
  • Giovanni Cattoli,
  • Michael Bennett,
  • John W. McCauley,
  • Giovanni Rezza,
  • Maria Luisa Moro,
  • Roberto Rangoni,
  • Alba Carola Finarelli,
  • Maria Paola Landini,
  • Maria Rita Castrucci,
  • Isabella Donatelli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140512
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 10
pp. 1741 – 1745

Abstract

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During an influenza A(H7N7) virus outbreak among poultry in Italy during August–September 2013, infection with a highly pathogenic A(H7N7) avian influenza virus was diagnosed for 3 poultry workers with conjunctivitis. Genetic analyses revealed that the viruses from the humans were closely related to those from chickens on affected farms.

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