Changing Geographic Patterns and Risk Factors for Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Infections in Humans, China

The fifth epidemic wave of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China during 2016-2017 demonstrated a geographic range expansion and caused more human cases than any previous wave. The factors that may explain the recent range expansion and surge in incidence remain unknown. We investigated the effect of anthropogenic, poultry, and wetland variables on all epidemic waves. Poultry predictor variables became much more important in the last 2 epidemic waves than they were previously, supporting the assumption of much wider H7N9 transmission in the chicken reservoir. We show that the future range expansion of H7N9 to northern China may increase the risk of H7N9 epidemic peaks coinciding in time and space with those of seasonal influenza, leading to a higher risk of reassortments than before, although the risk is still low so far.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 24(2018), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite 87-94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Artois, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiling [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Pearcy, Morgan [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Shengjie [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yujing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Juanjuan [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Zhibin [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Jiandong [VerfasserIn]
He, Yangni [VerfasserIn]
Dhingra, Madhur S [VerfasserIn]
von Dobschuetz, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Fusheng [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Kalpravidh, Wantanee [VerfasserIn]
Claes, Filip [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Hay, Simon I [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Xiangming [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Luzhao [VerfasserIn]
Gilbert, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Hongjie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

China
Geographic mapping
H7N9 subtype
Influenza
Influenza A virus
Influenza in humans
Journal Article
Poultry
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Viruses

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.07.2018

Date Revised 30.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2401.171393

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM279249454