Title |
Effect of Live Poultry Market Interventions on Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, Guangdong, China - Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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Published in |
Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2016
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DOI | 10.3201/eid2212.160450 |
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Authors |
Jie Wu, Jing Lu, Nuno R. Faria, Xianqiao Zeng, Yingchao Song, Lirong Zou, Lina Yi, Lijun Liang, Hanzhong Ni, Min Kang, Xin Zhang, Guofeng Huang, Haojie Zhong, Thomas A. Bowden, Jayna Raghwani, Jianfeng He, Xiang He, Jinyan Lin, Marion Koopmans, Oliver G. Pybus, Changwen Ke |
Abstract |
Since March 2013, three waves of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus have been detected in China. To investigate virus transmission within and across epidemic waves, we used surveillance data and whole-genome analysis of viruses sampled in Guangdong during 2013-2015. We observed a geographic shift of human A(H7N9) infections from the second to the third waves. Live poultry market interventions were undertaken in epicenter cities; however, spatial phylogenetic analysis indicated that the third-wave outbreaks in central Guangdong most likely resulted from local virus persistence rather than introduction from elsewhere. Although the number of clinical cases in humans declined by 35% from the second to the third waves, the genetic diversity of third-wave viruses in Guangdong increased. Our results highlight the epidemic risk to a region reporting comparatively few A(H7N9) cases. Moreover, our results suggest that live-poultry market interventions cannot completely halt A(H7N9) virus persistence and dissemination. |
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United States | 2 | 22% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
Denmark | 1 | 11% |
Central African Republic | 1 | 11% |
Australia | 1 | 11% |
Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 2 | 22% |
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Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
Scientists | 1 | 11% |
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Vietnam | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 34 | 97% |
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Researcher | 10 | 29% |
Student > Master | 5 | 14% |
Other | 3 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
Professor | 2 | 6% |
Other | 6 | 17% |
Unknown | 7 | 20% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 14% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 9% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 9% |
Mathematics | 2 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 14% |
Unknown | 8 | 23% |