So 626 Assignment 1

Background Information

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1. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH begins testing H7N9 avian influenza vaccine candidate. National Institutes of Health: Turning Discovery to Health. September 18, 2013. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2013/niaid-18.htm

1. World Health Organization. Background and summary of human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus– as of 5 April 2013. http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/latest_update_h7n9/en/index.html Published April 5, 2013. Accessed September 28, 2013.

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergence of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus causing severe human illness—China, February-April 2013. MMWR. May 10, 2013; 62(18):366–371. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6218a6.htm?s_cid=mm6218a6_w

1. World Health Organization. Global Alert and Response (GAR): Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus in China. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2013. Available at http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_04_01/en/index.html