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ReviewBritish medical bulletin2019

Avian influenza viruses in humans: lessons from past outbreaks.

Yao-Tsun Li, Martin Linster, Ian H Mendenhall, Yvonne C F Su, Gavin J D Smith

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Review in British medical bulletin, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yao-Tsun LiProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.
Martin LinsterProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.
Ian H MendenhallProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.
Yvonne C F SuProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.
Gavin J D SmithProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400006C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuman infections with avian influenza viruses (AIV) represent a persistent public health threat. The principal risk factor governing human infection with AIV is from direct contact with infected poultry and is primarily observed in Asia and Egypt where live-bird markets are common. AREAS OF AGREEMENT: Changing patterns of virus transmission and a lack of obvious disease manifestations in avian species hampers early detection and efficient control of potentially zoonotic AIV. AREAS OF CONTROVERSY: Despite extensive studies on biological and environmental risk factors, the exact conditions required for cross-species transmission from avian species to humans remain largely unknown. GROWING POINTS: The development of a universal ('across-subtype') influenza vaccine and effective antiviral therapeutics are a priority. AREAS TIMELY FOR DEVELOPING RESEARCH: Sustained virus surveillance and collection of ecological and physiological parameters from birds in different environments is required to better understand influenza virus ecology and identify risk factors for human infection.

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AnimalsAntiviral AgentsBirdsDisease OutbreaksDisease SusceptibilityHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsInfluenza VaccinesRisk FactorsZoonosesAntiviral AgentsInfluenza Vaccineshighly pathogenic avian influenza viruslive-bird marketspandemicsvirus ecologyvirus spilloverzoonotic viruses

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PMID31848585
PMCPMC6992886

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