Influenza H5/H7 Virus Vaccination in Poultry and Reduction of Zoonotic Infections, Guangdong Province, China, 2017–18

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2501.181259
• Publication Date: 2018-10-25T11:38:39Z
• Authors: Jie Wu; Changwen Ke; Eric H.Y. Lau; Yingchao Song; Kit Ling Cheng; Lirong Zou; Min Kang; Tie Song; Malik Peiris; Hui-Ling Yen
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; China; Epidemiology; Veterinary medicine; Dynamics of Livestock Disease Transmission and Control; Influenza A virus subtype H5N1; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype; Poultry; H5/H7 poultry vaccine; H7N9; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Zoonoses; Virology; Influenza, Human; Health Sciences; Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Respiratory Viral Infections; Animals; Humans; One Health; Biology; Geography; Vaccination; R; Dispatch; Life Sciences; zoonoses; Virus; 3. Good health; Environmental health; Archaeology; Influenza Vaccines; Influenza in Birds; Medicine; avian influenza; Vaccination Strategies; influenza; Influenza Virus Research and Epidemiology; Agronomy and Crop Science

We compared the detection frequency of avian influenza H7 subtypes at live poultry markets in Guangdong Province, China, before and after introduction a bivalent H5/H7 vaccine poultry. The was associated with 92% reduction positivity rates among 98% human H7N9 cases.