Detection of avian influenza A(H7N2) virus infection among animal shelter workers using a novel serological approach-New York City, 2016-2017

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 219, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1688-1696

  Poirot, Eugenie ^a,b   Levine, Min Z ^a   Russell, Kate ^a   Stewart, Rebekah J ^a   Pompey, Justine M ^a   Chiu, Sophia ^a   Fry, Alicia M ^a   Gross, Liaini ^a,c   Havers, Fiona P ^a   Li, Zhu Nan ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Crossa, Aldo ^b   Lee, Christopher T ^a,b   Boshuizen, Vanessa ^a,d   Rakeman, Jennifer L ^b   Slavinski, Sally ^b   Harper, Scott ^a,b   Hannah Gould, L ^b  

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

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

H7N2; Human infection; Influenza; Outbreak; Serology; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL SHELTER WORKER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N2); MALE; NEW YORK; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SORE THROAT; VIRUS DETECTION; AGED; ANIMAL; BIRD; BLOOD; CAT; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; CATS; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85065654300     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy595     Document Type: Article

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