The Third Wave: H7N9 Endemic Reassortant Viruses and Patient Clusters

Yisu Liu; Stéphane G Paquette; Li Zhang; Alberto J Leon; Weidong Liu; Wu Xiuming; Linxi Huang; Suwu Wu; Pengzhou Lin; Weihong Chen; Xibin Fang; Tiansheng Zeng; Nikki Kelvin; Amber Farooqui; David J Kelvin

doi:10.3855/jidc.6759

The Third Wave: H7N9 Endemic Reassortant Viruses and Patient Clusters

Authors

Yisu Liu Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Stéphane G Paquette Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Li Zhang Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Alberto J Leon Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Weidong Liu Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou, Guangdong, China
Wu Xiuming Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Linxi Huang Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Suwu Wu Intensive Care Unit, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Pengzhou Lin Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Weihong Chen Intensive Care Unit, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Xibin Fang Intensive Care Unit, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Tiansheng Zeng Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Nikki Kelvin Dipartimento di Storia, Scienze dell'Uomo e della Formazione Universita di Sassari, Italy
Amber Farooqui Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
David J Kelvin Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.6759

Keywords:

H7N9, Influenza, Pnuemonia

Abstract

Southern China experienced few cases of H7N9 during the first wave of human infections in the spring of 2013. The second and now the third waves of H7N9 infections have been localized mostly in Southern China with the Guangdong province an epicenter for the generation of novel H7N9 reassortants. Clusters of human infections show human-to-human transmission to be a rare but well-documented event. A recent cluster of infections involving hospital health care workers stresses the importance of care givers utilizing personal protective equipment in treating H7N9 infected or suspected patients.

Author Biography

Yisu Liu, Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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2015-02-19

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Liu Y, Paquette SG, Zhang L, Leon AJ, Liu W, Xiuming W, Huang L, Wu S, Lin P, Chen W, Fang X, Zeng T, Kelvin N, Farooqui A, Kelvin DJ (2015) The Third Wave: H7N9 Endemic Reassortant Viruses and Patient Clusters. J Infect Dev Ctries 9:122–127. doi: 10.3855/jidc.6759

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Vol. 9 No. 02: February 2015

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Emerging Problems in Infectious Diseases

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