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. 2019 May;25(5):1011-1014.
doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181253. Epub 2019 May 17.

Estimating Risk to Responders Exposed to Avian Influenza A H5 and H7 Viruses in Poultry, United States, 2014-2017

Sonja J Olsen, Jane A Rooney, Lenee Blanton, Melissa A Rolfes, Deborah I Nelson, Thomas M Gomez, Steven A Karli, Susan C Trock, Alicia M Fry

Estimating Risk to Responders Exposed to Avian Influenza A H5 and H7 Viruses in Poultry, United States, 2014-2017

Sonja J Olsen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May.

Abstract

In the United States, outbreaks of avian influenza H5 and H7 virus infections in poultry have raised concern about the risk for infections in humans. We reviewed the data collected during 2014-2017 and found no human infections among 4,555 exposed responders who were wearing protection.

Keywords: H5 subtype; H7 subtype; United States; avian influenza; disease outbreak; exposure; influenza; influenza in birds; influenza risk assessment tool; influenza virus; personal protective equipment; poultry; respiratory infections; responders; risk; viruses; zoonoses.

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