Facing pandemic influenza threats: The importance of including poultry and swine workers in preparedness plans

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 880-884

  Gray, G C ^a   Kayali, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Emerging; Influenza; Occupational exposure; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549144946     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00335     Document Type: Article

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