Expert opinion based modelling of the risk of human infection with H5N1 through the consumption of poultry meat in Germany

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 98-107

  Greiner, Matthias ^a   Müller Graf, Christine ^a   Hiller, Petra ^a   Schrader, Christina ^a   Gervelmeyer, Andrea ^a   Ellerbroek, Lüppo ^a   Appel, Bernd ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Expert opinion; H5N1; Influenza; Modelling; Poultry meat; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPERT WITNESS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; ZOONOSES;

ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 33947509094     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-98     Document Type: Article

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