Much Higher Case-fatality Rates of Index Cases. Commentary: Differences in the Epidemiology of Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) Viruses Infection

Front Public Health. 2016 Jun 20:4:116. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00116. eCollection 2016.

Author

Xiaodong Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China; National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China.

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Keywords: adaptation; avian influenza viruses; case fatality rate; cluster index cases; sporadic human cases.

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