• 1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008,P. R. China;
  • 2. Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan 410005, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Central Hospital of Shaoyang, Shaoyang, Hunan 422000, P. R. China;
  • 4. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Central Hospital of Yongzhou, Yongzhou, Hunan 425000, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Central Hospital of Loudi, Loudi, Hunan 422000, P. R. China;
  • 6. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chenzhou No.1 People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, Hunan 423000, P. R. China;
  • 7. Intensive Care Unit, Central Hospital of Xiangtan, Xiangtan, Hunan 411100, P. R. China;
HU Chengping, Email: huchengp28@csu.edu.cn
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ObjectiveTo analyze the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infections in Hunan province from 2013 to 2017, and provide evidences for control, diagnosis and treatment of this disease.MethodsNinety-one hospitalized patients were confirmed with H7N9 infection in Hunan. Excluding 2 patients less than 18 years old and 10 with missing data, 79 patients with H7N9 infection were analyzed.ResultsMost confirmed cases were affected in the second and fifth epidemic wave and number of patients in the fifth wave was more than the sum in prior 4 waves. Epidemiological characteristics, clinical symptoms and case fatality did not change significantly. Administration of antiviral drugs was more active in the fifth wave [from illness onset to antiviral drug: (6.3±2.4)d vs. (7.6±2.4)d, P=0.047]. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that shock (OR=4.683, 95%CI 1.136–19.301, P=0.033) was the independent risk factor of H7N9 infections. There were no significant differences in case fatality among group oseltamivir, group oseltamivir+peramivir, and group peramivir.ConclusionsPatients with avian influenza A (H7N9) increased in the fifth wave but clinical characteristics changed little. Antiviral treatment should be more active. Shock is an independent risk factor of H7N9 infections. Oseltamivir-peramivir biotherapy can not reduce case fatality compared with oseltamivir or peramivir monotherapy.

Citation: YI Lishan, HU Chengping, ZHANG Hengjiao, LI Zaiqing, YANG Xiangyong, ZHOU Yongsheng, LI Chiguan, HE Xiqiang. Clinical characteristics of hospitalized adult avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infections in Hunan province, 2013-2017. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018, 17(4): 341-347. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201801025 Copy

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