Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013–14

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wu, Peng ; Jiang, Hui ; Wu, Joseph T. ; Chen, Enfu ; He, Jianfeng ; Zhou, Hang ; Wei, Lan ; Yang, Juan ; Yang, Bingyi ; Qin, Ying ; Fang, Vicky J. ; Li, Ming ; Tsang, Tim K. ; Zheng, Jiandong ; Lau, Eric H. Y. ; Cao, Yu ; Chai, Chengliang ; Zhong, Haojie ; Li, Zhongjie ; Leung, Gabriel M. ; Feng, Luzhao ; Gao, George F. ; Cowling, Benjamin J. ; Yu, Hongjie
• Description:
  Closure of live poultry markets was implemented in areas affected by the influenza virus A(H7N9) outbreak in China during winter, 2013-14. Our analysis showed that closing live poultry markets in the most affected cities of Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces was highly effective in reducing the risk for H7N9 infection in humans.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Dispatch History, 21st Century Humans Incidence Influenza, Human/epidemiology Influenza, Human/history Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(11):1891-1894.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 GM088558/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7ba50e4bf09bc6e909da25d3561e39f783e2956f0ac625f3975966641cf97fb3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25935/cdc_25935_DS1.pdf
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