Lack of evidence of avian-to-human transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus among poultry workers, Kano, Nigeria, 2006

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1685-1691

  Ortiz, Justin R ^a   Katz, Mark A ^a,f   Mahmoud, Mohammed N ^c   Ahmed, Saidu ^d   Bawa, Shehu I ^c   Farnon, Eileen C ^a,b   Sarki, Mohammed B ^c   Nasidi, Abdussalam ^d   Ado, Muhammed S ^c   Yahaya, Abdulrazak H ^c   Joannis, Tony M ^e   Akpan, Raphael S ^d   Vertefeuille, John ^d   Achenbach, Jenna ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^f   Katz, Jacqueline M ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^a   Wali, Sadiq S ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Kano State Ministry of Agriculture   (Nigeria)

^d CDC   (Nigeria)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^f Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 38449122674     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522158     Document Type: Article

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