Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2017)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170640
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 8
pp. 1355 – 1359

Abstract

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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 rural areas and were hospitalized earlier than were LPAI A(H7N9) case-patients.

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