Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H7N7) infection of humans and human-to-human transmission during avian influenza outbreak in the Netherlands

Meijer, Adam; Wilbrink, B.; Holle, M Du Ry van Beest; Fouchier, Ron A. M.; Natrop, Gerard; Bosman, A; Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E.; Steenbergen, Jim van; Spaendonck, M. A. E. Conyn-Van; Koopmans, Marion

doi:10.1016/j.ics.2004.01.037

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“…In the literature, some studies have focused on reviewing infectious diseases and analyzing their impacts (Brahmbhatt, 2005;Capua and Alexander, 2002;Donnelly et al, 2003;Ligon, 2005;Meijer et al, 2004), as well as the design and evaluation of control measures (Ferguson et al, 2005;King et al, 2004). For example, Ferguson et al (2005) modeled the spread of a pandemic in Thailand by incorporating random contacts associated with dayto-day movements to work within the country, and then evaluated the potential effectiveness of containment strategies.…”

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Transmission and control of an emerging influenza pandemic in a small-world airline network

Hsu

Shih

2010

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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The avian influenza virus H5N1 and the 2009 swine flu H1N1 are potentially serious pandemic threats to human health, and air travel readily facilitates the spread of infectious diseases. However, past studies have not yet incorporated the effects of air travel on the transmission of influenza in the construction of mathematical epidemic models. Therefore, this paper focused on the human-to-human transmission of influenza, and investigated the effects of air travel activities on an influenza pandemic in a small-world network. These activities of air travel include passengers' consolidation, conveyance and distribution in airports and flights. Dynamic transmission models were developed to assess the expected burdens of the pandemic, with and without control measures. This study also investigated how the small-world properties of an air transportation network facilitate the spread of influenza around the globe. The results show that, as soon as the influenza is spread to the top 50 global airports, the transmission is greatly accelerated. Under the constraint of limited resources, a strategy that first applies control measures to the top 50 airports after day 13 and then soon afterwards to all other airports may result in remarkable containment effectiveness. As the infectiousness of the disease increases, it will expand the scale of the pandemic, and move the start time of the pandemic ahead.

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Transmission and control of an emerging influenza pandemic in a small-world airline network

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Shih

2010

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…In The Netherlands, 1450 persons involved in control activities of the above mentioned H7N7 epizootic reported health complaints, particularly conjunctivitis, and 89 persons tested positive for the presence of influenza virus in ocular or throat swab samples by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction or culture, as a result of active case finding [13]. Moreover, 1 infected veterinarian died after developing acute respiratory distress syndrome [13][14][15]. Fortunately, the virus did not seem able to spread efficiently among humans [16].…”

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High Probability of Avian Influenza Virus (H7N7) Transmission from Poultry to Humans Active in Disease Control on Infected Farms

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Beest²,

Boven³

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An epizootic of avian influenza (H7N7) caused a large number of human infections in The Netherlands in 2003. We used data from this epizootic to estimate infection probabilities for persons involved in disease control on infected farms. Analyses were based on databases containing information on the infected farms, person-visits to these farms, and exposure variables (number of birds present, housing type, poultry type, depopulation method, period during epizootic). Case definition was based on self-reported conjunctivitis and positive response to hemagglutination inhibition assay. A high infection probability was associated with clinical inspection of poultry in the area surrounding infected flocks (7.6%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4%-18.9%) and active culling during depopulation (6.2%; 95% CI, 3.7%-9.6%). Low probabilities were estimated for management of biosecurity (0.0%; 95% CI, 0.0%-1.0%) and cleaning assistance during depopulation (0.0%; 95% CI, 0.0%-9.2%). No significant association was observed between the probability of infection and the exposure variables.

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Avian and swine influenza viruses

Tang,

Ramesh,

Wan

2024

Molecular Medical Microbiology

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H7N7) infection of humans and human-to-human transmission during avian influenza outbreak in the Netherlands

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Transmission and control of an emerging influenza pandemic in a small-world airline network

Transmission and control of an emerging influenza pandemic in a small-world airline network

High Probability of Avian Influenza Virus (H7N7) Transmission from Poultry to Humans Active in Disease Control on Infected Farms

Avian and swine influenza viruses

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