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SUBMITTER: Gilbert M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4061699 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gilbert Marius M Golding Nick N Zhou Hang H Wint G R William GR Robinson Timothy P TP Tatem Andrew J AJ Lai Shengjie S Zhou Sheng S Jiang Hui H Guo Danhuai D Huang Zhi Z Messina Jane P JP Xiao Xiangming X Linard Catherine C Van Boeckel Thomas P TP Martin Vincent V Bhatt Samir S Gething Peter W PW Farrar Jeremy J JJ Hay Simon I SI Yu Hongjie H
Nature communications 20140617
Two epidemic waves of an avian influenza A (H7N9) virus have so far affected China. Most human cases have been attributable to poultry exposure at live-poultry markets, where most positive isolates were sampled. The potential geographic extent of potential re-emerging epidemics is unknown, as are the factors associated with it. Using newly assembled data sets of the locations of 8,943 live-poultry markets in China and maps of environmental correlates, we develop a statistical model that accurate ...[more]