title: Relationship between domestic and wild birds in live poultry market and a novel human H7N9 virus in China.
abstract: To trace the source of the avian H7N9 viruses, we collected 99 samples from 4 live poultry markets and the family farms of 3 patients in Hangzhou city of Zhejiang province, China. We found that almost all positive samples came from chickens and ducks in live poultry markets. These results strongly suggest that the live poultry markets are the major source of recent human infections with H7N9 in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province of China. Therefore, control measures are needed, not only in the domestic bird population, but also in the live poultry markets to reduce human H7N9 infection risk.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center For Wildlife Born Diseases, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Chengmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Shelan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yaxiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Hongxuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D002681:China; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D064766:Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000821:virology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000821:virology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000821:virology; D011200:Poultry / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: China; domestic avian; human H7N9; live poultry market; wild bird