Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: An exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1251-1259

  Lohiniva, Anna Leena ^a   Dueger, Erica ^a,b   Talaat, Maha ^a   Refaey, Samir ^c   Zaki, Amal ^c   Chisholm Horton, Katherine ^a   Kandeel, Amr ^c  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Backyard poultry; Human H5N1 risk factors; Socio cultural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGYPT; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FATALITY; FEATHER; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GOOSE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POULTRY; POULTRY FARMING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACKYARD POULTRY; HUMAN H5N1 RISK FACTORS; SOCIO-CULTURAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84887186048     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12023     Document Type: Article

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