Risk factors for H7 and H9 infection in commercial poultry farm workers in provinces within Pakistan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 610-614

  Ahad, Abdul ^a,b   Thornton, Ronald N ^d   Rabbani, Masood ^a   Yaqub, Tahir ^a   Younus, Muhammad ^a   Muhammad, Khushi ^a   Mahmood, Altaf ^a   Shabbir, Muhammad Zubair ^a   Kashem, Mohammad Abul ^b   Islam, Md Zohorul ^b   Mangtani, Punum ^e   Burgess, Graham William ^c   Tun, Hein Min ^f,g   Hoque, Md Ahasanul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Chittagong Government Veterinary College   (Bangladesh)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AsureQuality   (New Zealand)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H7; H9; Poultry farm workers; Serological survey

Indexed keywords

AVES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAKISTAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAKISTAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912531380     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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