Journal Article

Probable Hospital Cluster of H7N9 Influenza Infection

Wu, Xiuming, Leon, Alberto J, Liu, Weidong, Yao, Zhancheng, Zeng, Tiansheng, Lin, Pengzhou, Xu, Sheng, Farooqui, Amber, Kelvin, David J, Bermejo-Martin, Jesus F, Liu, Yisu, Paquette, Stephane G, Hu, Kezhao, Huang, Linxi, Chen, Hongxia, Kelvin, Alyson A, Lin, Chunnuan, Cai, Yingmu, Zhang, Li, Sun, Peng, Khan, Adnan, Wu, Renhua, Wang, Jun, Wu, Suwu, Zheng, Nanlan, Chen, Weihong, Zhu, Zhijian, Fang, Xibing, Ma, Huanjie

2016

Overview

This report shows evidence for nosocomial transmission of H7N9 influenza from a patient to two physicians who provided care. To the Editor: Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus emerged in eastern China in the spring of 2013, 1 with 698 cases and 281 deaths reported as of January 10, 2016. 2 Human H7N9 infections appear to be acquired through zoonotic transmission, although clusters of human-to-human household transmission have occurred. 3 , 4 We report here a hospital cluster of H7N9 infections that took place from January to February 2015. This study was approved by the ethics committee at Shantou University Medical College. A 28-year-old man (index patient), with repeated exposure to live poultry, presented with respiratory infection and was admitted to the respiratory department, . . .

• Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
• Subject: Adult / China / Cross Infection / Hospitals / Hospitals, University / Humans / Infections / Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Influenza / Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype - genetics / Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype - isolation & purification / Influenza, Human - transmission / Influenza, Human - virology / Male / Patients / Phylogeny / Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction