Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infections in humans across five epidemics in mainland China, 2013-2017

David S C Hui^{1

2}, Nelson Lee^{1

3}, Paul K S Chan^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Editorial

David S C Hui et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):4808-4811.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.17.

David S C Hui^{1

2}, Nelson Lee^{1

3}, Paul K S Chan^{2

4}

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Epidemiology of avian influenza A H7N9 virus in human beings across five epidemics in mainland China, 2013-17: an epidemiological study of laboratory-confirmed case series.
Wang X, Jiang H, Wu P, Uyeki TM, Feng L, Lai S, Wang L, Huo X, Xu K, Chen E, Wang X, He J, Kang M, Zhang R, Zhang J, Wu J, Hu S, Zhang H, Liu X, Fu W, Ou J, Wu S, Qin Y, Zhang Z, Shi Y, Zhang J, Artois J, Fang VJ, Zhu H, Guan Y, Gilbert M, Horby PW, Leung GM, Gao GF, Cowling BJ, Yu H. Wang X, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;17(8):822-832. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30323-7. Epub 2017 Jun 2. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28583578 Free PMC article.

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