Post-exposure antiviral chemoprophylaxis of close contacts of a patient with confirmed H7N9 virus infection and/or high risk poultry/environmental exposures

Overview

WHO is in the process of developing standard guidelines on clinical management of influenza, including antiviral treatment. A series of systematic reviews using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) process have been completed and an expert panel was convened to form recommendations. The following recommendation on post-exposure antiviral chemoprophylaxis for avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection is based upon review of available data in accordance with these guidelines, and is being released ahead of the full publication.