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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 |