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WHO report on human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) infection

25 April 2013

The World Health Organization has been publishing weekly reports on the avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreak which include the geographical location of each case, the cumulative number of cases, and the epidemiological curve. Go to this page at the WHO website for an archive of the weekly reports (there you will also find other useful information on the H7N9 outbreak). Images for report #3 of 24 April 2013 are reproduced below. Click each image for a larger view.

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  1. gsgs says

    25 April 2013 at 12:21 pm

    also this :
    http://www.uq.edu.au/vdu/VDUInfluenza_H7N9.htm

  2. Sai Vikram Vemula says

    25 April 2013 at 7:17 pm

    Dear Dr.Racaniello, one question that intrigues
    me is why do influenza viruses infect some species and not others. Birds,
    humans, swine, horses and few other species get infected with influenza
    viruses, while others species such as ruminants etc don’t get infected. What is
    that prevents? Is it in the immune system? Is it receptor tropism?

  3. profvrr says

    25 April 2013 at 10:38 pm

    Influenza A viruses infect a variety of animals, including humans, birds, swine, horses, and dogs. They have sometimes been isolated from cats, tigers and leopards, stone martens and Owston civets, whales, seals, mink, and camels. Serologic evidence also suggests exposure of several ruminant, reptile, and amphibian species to immunogens related to influenza viruses. Why other species are not regularly infected is not known, but sialic acid receptor distribution in the respiratory tract is probably a major determinant. As far as I know no immune mechanisms have been elucidate.

  4. gsgs says

    26 April 2013 at 3:56 am

    obviously mobility is a key-determinant. The virus wants to spread.
    Before man sailed the seas, there was not much human flu.
    Birds do fly around. Bats too and they also have flu.
    Why not mosquitoes and insects ? Well, the genome is small and the
    replication process complicated. Amazing that it works well in so many
    different cell-types already

  5. Sai Vikram Vemula says

    26 April 2013 at 7:32 am

    Thanks Dr.Racaniello.

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