Evidence for avian influenza A infections among Iowa's agricultural workers

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Gray, Gregory C ^a   McCarthy, Troy ^a   Capuano, Ana W ^a   Setterquist, Sharon F ^a   Alavanja, Michael C ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Avian; Influenza; Influenza A virus; Occupational exposure; Seroepidemiological studies; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H4N8; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 65249188828     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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