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. 2012;7(5):e36374.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036374. Epub 2012 May 18.

Avian influenza H9N2 seroprevalence among poultry workers in Pune, India, 2010

Shailesh D Pawar  1 , Babasaheb V Tandale, Chandrashekhar G Raut, Saurabh S Parkhi, Tanaji D Barde, Yogesh K Gurav, Sadhana S Kode, Akhilesh C Mishra
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Avian influenza H9N2 seroprevalence among poultry workers in Pune, India, 2010

Shailesh D Pawar et al. PLoS One. 2012.

Abstract

Avian influenza (AI) H9N2 has been reported from poultry in India. A seroepidemiological study was undertaken among poultry workers to understand the prevalence of antibodies against AI H9N2 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. A total of 338 poultry workers were sampled. Serum samples were tested for presence of antibodies against AI H9N2 virus by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and microneutralization (MN) assays. A total of 249 baseline sera from general population from Pune were tested for antibodies against AI H9N2 and were negative by HI assay using ≥40 cut-off antibody titre. Overall 21 subjects (21/338 = 6.2%) were positive for antibodies against AI H9N2 by either HI or MN assays using ≥40 cut-off antibody titre. A total of 4.7% and 3.8% poultry workers were positive for antibodies against AI H9N2 by HI and MN assay respectively using 40 as cut-off antibody titre. This is the first report of seroprevalence of antibodies against AI H9N2 among poultry workers in India.

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Figure 1. Sample collection sites in Pune city and district.
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