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Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus during 3 Major Epidemic Waves, China, 2013-2015.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Wu Peng, Peng Zhibin, Fang Vicky J, Feng Luzhao, Tsang Tim K, Jiang Hui, Lau Eric H Y, Yang Juan, Zheng Jiandong, Qin Ying, Li Zhongjie, Leung Gabriel M, Yu Hongjie, Cowling Benjamin J
Abstract excerpt
Since March 2013, a novel influenza A(H7N9) virus has caused 3 epidemic waves of human infection in mainland China. We analyzed data from patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H7N9) virus infection to estimate the risks for severe outcomes after hospitalization across the 3 waves. We found that hospitalized patients with confirmed infections in waves 2 and 3 were younger and more likely to be residing in...
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