Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to influenza A(H7N9) risk among live poultry traders in Guangzhou City, China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ma, Xiaowei ^a   Liao, Qiuyan ^b   Yuan, Jun ^a   Liu, Yufei ^a   Liu, Yanhui ^a   Chen, Jiandong ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a   Ca, Wenfeng ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b   Di, Biao ^a   Fielding, Richard ^b   Wang, Ming ^a   Yang, Zhicong ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Lau, Eric H Y ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Avian influenza; Knowledge; Live poultry trader

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1); CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); KNOWLEDGE; LIVE POULTRY TRADER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL INCOME; POULTRY FARMING; POULTRY PRODUCT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WORKING TIME; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; HAND WASHING; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929506550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0554-8     Document Type: Article

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