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Chinese-origin H7N9 Avian Influenza spread in poultry and human exposure

Qualitative risk assessment update

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 18

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title Animal Health Risk Analysis

Series number aug/19

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) An update of the H7N9 qualitative risk assessment (published in February 2018) is warranted to cover the highest avian influenza risk period (February to May 2019), during which several festivals take place and an increase in national and cross-border poultry movements is expected. This will be done in light of H7 nation-wide vaccination program implemented since September 2017 by the MoA of China, with a recently updated H7 vaccine (November 2018).

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