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Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic A(H7N7) Avian Influenza Virus,Italy, 2013 |
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| Authors: | Simona Puzelli Giada Rossini Marzia Facchini Gabriele Vaccari Livia Di Trani Angela Di Martino Paolo Gaibani Caterina Vocale Giovanni Cattoli Michael Bennett John W. McCauley Giovanni Rezza Maria Luisa Moro Roberto Rangoni Alba Carola Finarelli Maria Paola Landini Maria Rita Castrucci Isabella Donatelli the Influenza Task Force |
| Abstract: | During an influenza A(H7N7) virus outbreak among poultry in Italy during August–September 2013, infection with a highly pathogenic A(H7N7) avian influenza virus was diagnosed for 3 poultry workers with conjunctivitis. Genetic analyses revealed that the viruses from the humans were closely related to those from chickens on affected farms. |
| Keywords: | Influenza avian influenza A(H7N7) virus zoonoses transmission viruses Italy |