The epidemic potential of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in humans in mainland China: A two-stage risk analysis

• Xuzheng Shan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xuzheng Shan, Shengjie Lai, Hongxiu Liao

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Prevention and Health Section, Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6599-825X

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• Shengjie Lai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xuzheng Shan, Shengjie Lai, Hongxiu Liao

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations WorldPop, School of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China, Flowminder Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Hongxiu Liao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xuzheng Shan, Shengjie Lai, Hongxiu Liao

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Zhongjie Li,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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• Yajia Lan ,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yangwz@chinacdc.cn (WY); lanyajia@sina.com (YL)

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Weizhong Yang

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yangwz@chinacdc.cn (WY); lanyajia@sina.com (YL)

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3384-8801

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