No evidence of infection with avian influenza viruses among US poultry workers in the Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland and Virginia, USA

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Leibler, Jessica H ^a   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^b   Pekosz, Andrew ^b   Gray, Gregory C ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Avian; Influenza A viruses; Occupational exposure; Poultry; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DELAWARE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARYLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 78651074410     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.533612     Document Type: Article

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