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. 2019 Nov;66(7):874-878.
doi: 10.1111/zph.12629. Epub 2019 Sep 6.

Estimation of the number of exposed people during highly pathogenic avian influenza virus outbreaks in EU/EEA countries, October 2016-September 2018

Cornelia Adlhoch  1 , Aleksandra Miteva  2 , Anna Zdravkova  2 , Tihana Miškić  3 , Dražen Kneževic  4 , Sokratis Perdikaris  5 , Krzysztof Śmietanka  6 , Edyta Świętoń  6 , Vilem Kopriva  7 , Martin Chudý  7 , Luis Jose Romero González  8 , Ines Moreno Gil  8 , Annica Wallén Norell  9 , Frank Verdonck  10
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Estimation of the number of exposed people during highly pathogenic avian influenza virus outbreaks in EU/EEA countries, October 2016-September 2018

Cornelia Adlhoch et al. Zoonoses Public Health. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

We estimated that more than 11,000 people were exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in EU/EEA countries over the outbreak period October 2016-September 2018 by cross-linking data submitted by Member States to European Food Safety Authority and EMPRES-i. A stronger framework for collecting human exposure data is required.

Keywords: A(H5N8); EU/EEA; avian influenza; human exposure.

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Figure 1
Number of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8), A(H5N6) and A(H5N5) virus events in birds, by outbreak type and month‐year of the outbreak detection, EU/EEA, 1 October 2016–26 September 2018
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