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Zoonotic influenza - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2014

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Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
Time period covered: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014
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Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual Epidemiological Report 2016 – Zoonotic influenza. [Internet]. 2016 [cited YYYY MMM DD]. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/avian_influenza/Pages/Annual-Epidemiological-Report.aspx 
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Large human outbreaks of avian influenza A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) were reported from China and Egypt. 

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Key facts

  • Large human outbreaks of avian influenza A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) were reported from China and Egypt. 
  • Sporadic human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6), A(H9N2) and A(H10N8) were reported world-wide. 
  • No human cases of avian influenza were reported in the EU/EEA. 
  • In 2014, an increasing number of outbreaks and detections in poultry and wild birds of highly pathogenic avian influenza 
  • viruses such as A(H5N2), A(H5N3) or A(H5N8) were reported worldwide. 
  • Influenza viruses A(H1N1)v, A(H1N2)v and A(H3N2)v of swine origin caused six human infections in the United States and 
  • Sweden. 

- See more at: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/avian_influenza/Pages/Annual-epid…

Methods

Click here for a detailed description of the methods used to produce this annual report. - See more at: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/avian_influenza/Pages/Annual-epid…

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