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SUBMITTER: Wu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5189139 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20161201 12
Since March 2013, three waves of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus have been detected in China. To investigate virus transmission within and across epidemic waves, we used surveillance data and whole-genome analysis of viruses sampled in Guangdong during 2013-2015. We observed a geographic shift of human A(H7N9) infections from the second to the third waves. Live poultry market interventions were undertaken in epicenter cities; however, spatial phylogenetic analysis indicated th ...[more]