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Outbreak of Influenza A(H7N2) Among Cats in an Animal Shelter With Cat-to-Human Transmission—New York City, 2016
Author(s) -
Christopher T. Lee,
Sally Slavinski,
Corinne Schiff,
Mario Merlino,
Demetre Daskalakis,
Dakai Liu,
Jennifer L. Rakeman,
Mark Misener,
Corinne N. Thompson,
Yin Ling Leung,
Jay K. Varma,
Alicia M. Fry,
Fiona P. Havers,
Todd Davis,
Sandra Newbury,
Marcelle Layton,
Bisrat Abraham,
Joel Ackelsberg,
Mike Antwi,
Sharon Balter,
Alexander Davidson,
Paula Del Rosso,
Katelynn Devinney,
Marie Dorsinville,
Anne D. Fine,
Bruce Gutelius,
Lucretia Jones,
Ellen Lee,
Kristen Lee,
Natasha McIntosh,
Nana Mensah,
Sam S. Miller,
Linda C. Moskin,
Linda Ng,
Stephanie Ngai,
Beth Nivin,
Carolyn Olson,
Marc Paladini,
Hilary Parton,
Carolina Pichardo,
Michael K. Porter,
Ingrid Ramlakhan,
Andrew Schroeder,
David Starr,
Norma Torres,
Don Weiss,
Emily Westheimer,
Rebecca Hall,
Tina Obijo,
Stephen Lindstrom,
Atanaska MarinovaPetkova,
Kathy Toohey-Kurth,
Mia Kim Torchetti,
Risa Weinstoc
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix668
Subject(s) - outbreak , cats , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , virology , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , public health , virus , influenza a virus , environmental health , veterinary medicine , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
We describe the first case of cat-to-human transmission of influenza A(H7N2), an avian-lineage influenza A virus, that occurred during an outbreak among cats in New York City animal shelters. We describe the public health response and investigation.

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