Seroprevalence to avian influenza A(H7N9) virus among poultry workers and the general population in Southern China: A longitudinal study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Xin ^a   Fang, Shisong ^a   Lu, Xing ^a   Xu, Cuiling ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b   Tang, Xiujuan ^a   Peng, Bo ^a   Wu, Weihua ^a   He, Jianfan ^a   Tang, Yijun ^a   Xie, Xu ^a   Mei, Shujiang ^a   Kong, Dongfeng ^a   Zhang, Renli ^a   Ma, Hanwu ^a   Cheng, Jinquan ^a  

^a SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Influenza A(H7N9); Poultry workers; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; POULTRY; POULTRY WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; WORKER; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907421197     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu399     Document Type: Article

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