Estimating disease burden of a potential A(H7N9) pandemic influenza outbreak in the United States

Abstract Background Since spring 2013, periodic emergence of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China has heightened the concern for a possible pandemic outbreak among humans, though it is believed that the virus is not yet human-to-human transmittable. Till June 2017, A(H7N9) has resulted in 1533 lab...

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Main Authors: Walter Silva, Tapas K. Das, Ricardo Izurieta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4884-5