Seroprevalence of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus among poultry workers in Jiangsu Province, China: An observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Huo, Xiang ^a   Zu, Rongqiang ^a   Qi, Xian ^a   Qin, Yuanfang ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Tang, Fenyang ^a   Hu, Zhibin ^b   Zhu, Fengcai ^a  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H5N1; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Subclinical infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POULTRY WORKER; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POULTRY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84859795750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-93     Document Type: Article

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