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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Letter

Geographic Co-distribution of Influenza Virus Subtypes H7N9 and H5N1 in Humans, China

Liya Wang1, Wenyi Zhang1, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes1, Archie C.A. Clements1, Wenbiao Hu1, Fan Ding1, Hailong Sun, Shenlong Li, Qiyong Liu, Zeliang Chen, Yansong Sun, Liuyu Huang, and Cheng-Yi LiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institute of Disease Control and Prevention of People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China (L. Wang, W. Zhang, H. Sun, S. Li, Z. Chen, Y. Sun, L. Huang, C.-Y. Li); University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (R.J. Soares Magalhaes, A.C.A. Clements, W. Hu); and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (F. Ding, Q. Liu)

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Geographic and temporal distribution of human cases of infection with avian influenza subtypes H7N9 (circles) and H5N1 (triangles), China. A) Distribution and space-time clusters of human influenza (H7N9) and influenza (H5N1) cases, calculated by using Kulldorff’s scan statistics in SaTScan version 9.1.1 (6). B) Spatial overlap between influenza (H7N9) and influenza (H5N1) case clusters in an area bordering the provinces of Anhui and Zhejiang. C) Primary cluster of influenza (H5N1) cases in Guiz

Figure. . . Geographic and temporal distribution of human cases of infection with avian influenza subtypes H7N9 (circles) and H5N1 (triangles), China. A) Distribution and space-time clusters of human influenza (H7N9) and influenza (H5N1) cases, calculated by using Kulldorff’s scan statistics in SaTScan version 9.1.1 (6). B) Spatial overlap between influenza (H7N9) and influenza (H5N1) case clusters in an area bordering the provinces of Anhui and Zhejiang. C) Primary cluster of influenza (H5N1) cases in Guizhou Province (relative risk [RR] 496.60). D) Secondary cluster of influenza (H5N1) cases in Anhui and Zhejiang Provinces (RR 65.27). E) Primary (RR 78.40) and secondary clusters of influenza (H7N9) cases on the boundary of Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces (RR 64.86) and in Jiangxi Province (RR 105.67).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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