Deaths Associated With Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in China
Authors: Yuehua Ke, Yufei Wang, Wenyi Zhang, Liuyu Huang, Zeliang Chen
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2013)

LettersJuly 16, 2013Deaths Associated With Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in ChinaYuehua Ke, PhD, MD, Yufei Wang, PhD, MD, Wenyi Zhang, MD, Liuyu Huang, PhD, and Zeliang Chen, PhD, MDYuehua Ke, PhD, MDFrom Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.Search for more papers by this author, Yufei Wang, PhD, MDFrom Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.Search for more papers by this author, Wenyi Zhang, MDFrom Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.Search for more papers by this author, Liuyu Huang, PhDFrom Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.Search for more papers by this author, and Zeliang Chen, PhD, MDFrom Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-159-2-201307160-00669 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Editors' Note: Annals of Internal Medicine recently published this letter reporting 24 fatal cases of H7N9 influenza. Although Annals Information for Authors instructs authors to provide related reports with submitted manuscripts (http://annals.org/public/authorsinfo.aspx#duplicate-manuscripts; http://annals.org/public/authorsinfo.aspx#research-publication-ethics), the authors of this letter neglected to inform us that they had a closely related manuscript under consideration at Clinical Infectious Diseases (Ke Y, Wang Y, Liu S, Guo J, Zhang W, Yuan X, Zhang N, et al. High severity and fatality of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) infection in China. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]) and did not cite the ...References1. Chen Y, Liang W, Yang S, Wu N, Gao H, Sheng J, et al. Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome. Lancet. 2013;381:1916-1925. [PMID: 23623390] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Gao R, Cao B, Hu Y, Feng Z, Wang D, Hu W, et al. Human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus. N Engl J Med. 2013;368:1888-97. [PMID: 23577628] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Li Q, Zhou L, Zhou M, Chen Z, Li F, Wu H, et al. Preliminary Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China. N Engl J Med. 2013;:. [PMID: 23614499] MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Cohen J. Influenza. New flu virus in China worries and confuses. Science. 2013;340:129-30. [PMID: 23580498] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Hvistendahl M, Normile D, and Cohen J. Influenza. Despite large research effort, H7N9 continues to baffle. Science. 2013;340:414-5. [PMID: 23620023] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.Note: Drs. Ke, Wang, Zhang, and Huang contributed equally to this work.Grant Support: By the National Key Program for Infectious Diseases of China (2013ZX10004-203, 2013ZX10004-217-002, 2013ZX10004805-006).Disclosures: None disclosed.This article was published at www.annals.org on 4 June 2013.This article was published at www.annals.org on 4 June 2013. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByHealth and Economic Benefits of Early Vaccination and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions for a Human Influenza A (H7N9) Pandemic A Modeling StudyNayer Khazeni, MD, MS, David W. Hutton, MS, PhD, Cassandra I.F. Collins, MPH, Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD, and Douglas K. Owens, MD, MSCorrection: Deaths Associated With Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in China July 16, 2013Volume 159, Issue 2Page: 159-160KeywordsAcute respiratory distress syndromeAge distributionAvian influenzaFeversH1N1H5N1H7N9HospitalizationsInfectious diseasesInfluenza A virusPharynxPneumoniaPolymerase chain reactionPrevention, policy, and public healthPulmonary diseasesRespiratory failureReverse transcriptionUpper respiratory tract infections Issue Published: July 16, 2013 CopyrightCopyright © by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...