title: The third wave: H7N9 endemic reassortant viruses and patient clusters.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China. sophie786414772@qq.com.
authors.forename: Yisu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Stéphane G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Paquette
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Alberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiuming
authors.forename: Linxi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Suwu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Pengzhou
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xibin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Tiansheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Nikki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kelvin
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farooqui
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kelvin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D064766:Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*