Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013–14
Peng Wu
1, Hui Jiang
1, Joseph T. Wu
1, Enfu Chen
1, Jianfeng He
1, Hang Zhou, Lan Wei, Juan Yang, Bingyi Yang, Ying Qin, Vicky J. Fang, Ming Li, Tim K. Tsang, Jiandong Zheng, Eric H. Y. Lau, Yu Cao, Chengliang Chai, Haojie Zhong, Qiao Sun, Gabriel M. Leung, Luzhao Feng, George F. Gao, Benjamin J. Cowling
2, and Weizhong Yang
2
Author affiliations: School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (P. Wu, J.T. Wu, L. Wei, B. Yang, V.J. Fang, T.K. Tsang, E.H.Y. Lau, G.M. Leung, B.J. Cowling); Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (H. Jiang, H. Zhou, J. Yang, Y. Qin, M. Li, J. Zheng, Y. Cao, Z. Li, L. Feng, H. Yu); Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China (E. Chen, C. Chai); Guangdong Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China (J. He, H. Zhong); CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (G.F. Gao); Office of Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (G.F. Gao)
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Figure 1. Incidence of human cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H7N9) virus infection detected in urban areas of Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, by date of illness onset, December 1, 2013–March 7, 2014. The shaded areas in each panel indicate the periods of closure of live poultry markets.
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