Effect of Live Poultry Market Interventions on Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, Guangdong, China

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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 22(2016), 12 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 2104-2112

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Faria, Nuno R [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xianqiao [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yingchao [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Lirong [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Lijun [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Hanzhong [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Guofeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Haojie [VerfasserIn]
Bowden, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Raghwani, Jayna [VerfasserIn]
He, Jianfeng [VerfasserIn]
He, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Jinyan [VerfasserIn]
Koopmans, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Pybus, Oliver G [VerfasserIn]
Ke, Changwen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

A(H7N9)
China
Influenza
Influenza virus
Journal Article
Live-poultry market
Phylogeny
Phylogeography
RNA, Viral
Viruses

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Date Completed 12.01.2018

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2212.160450

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM266399703