Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2007)

Human Influenza A (H5N1) Cases, Urban Areas of People’s Republic of China, 2005–2006

  • Weizhong Yang,
  • Zijian Feng,
  • Xianfeng Zhang,
  • Nijuan Xiang,
  • Yang Huai,
  • Lei Zhou,
  • Qiao Sun,
  • Cuiling Xu,
  • Huiming Luo,
  • Jianfeng He,
  • Xuhua Guan,
  • Zhengan Yuan,
  • Yanting Li,
  • Longshan Xu,
  • Rongtao Hong,
  • Xuecheng Liu,
  • Xingyu Zhou,
  • Wenwu Yin,
  • Shunxiang Zhang,
  • Junhua Li,
  • Maowu Wang,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Chin-Kei Lee,
  • Timothy M. Uyeki,
  • Sheng Wei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1307.061557
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7
pp. 1061 – 1061

Abstract

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We investigated potential sources of infection for 6 confirmed influenza A (H5N1) patients who resided in urban areas of People’s Republic of China. None had known exposure to sick poultry or poultry that died from illness, but all had visited wet poultry markets before illness.

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