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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Liu, T
• Zhu, G H
• Zhang, B
• Song, T
• Kang, M
• Lu, J
• Zhao, Y Q
• Huang, Z
• Huang, Y L
• Wang, X J
• Yang, X Y
• Ma, W J

Titel

The effects of closure to live poultry markets on Avian influenza A (H7N9) epidemics in China

Ist Teil von

• Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì, 2017-12, Vol.38 (12), p.1716

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Since March 2013, China had experienced five seasonal epidemics related to Avian influenza A (H7N9). An unprecedented outbreak of H7N9 epidemic started from September 2016, with 730 cases reported till June 30(th) 2017, in mainland China that caused profound influences on both social development and health of the people. As an emerging infectious disease, information on pathogenic characteristics, transmission patterns and other epidemiological features of H7N9 virus somehow remained unclear. Data from previous studies suggested that the live poultry market (LPM) seemed to have served as main places where H7N9 virus got originated, mutated, spread and thus infected the human beings. Hence, closure of LPMs was suggested a major measure to control and prevent H7N9 epidemics in China. However, the effectiveness of different ways of LPM closures on H7N9 epidemics had been controversial. This study systemically summarized the effects of different ways of LPM closures on H7N epidemics from previous studies, aiming