High probability of avian influenza virus (H7N7) transmission from poultry to humans active in disease control on infected farms

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1390-1396

  Bos, Marian E H ^a   Te Beest, Dennis E ^a,b   Van Boven, Michiel ^a,b,c,d,e   Van Holle, Mirna Robert Du Ry Beest ^b   Meijer, Adam ^b   Bosman, Arnold ^d   Mulder, Yonne M ^b   Koopmans, Marion P G ^b,c   Stegeman, Arjan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; TURKEY (BIRD); VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; TURKEYS;

EID: 77950925562     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651663     Document Type: Article

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