Risk for Avian Influenza Virus Exposure at Human?Wildlife Interface
Jennifer Siembieda,* Christine K. Johnson,* Walter Boyce,* Christian Sandrock,? and Carol Cardona*
*University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, USA; and ?University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
To assess risk for human exposure to avian influenza viruses (AIV), we sampled California wild birds and marine mammals during October 2005?August 2007and estimated human?wildlife contact.
Waterfowl hunters were 8 times more likely to have contact with AIV-infected wildlife than persons with casual or occupational exposures (p<0.0001).
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Jennifer Siembieda,* Christine K. Johnson,* Walter Boyce,* Christian Sandrock,? and Carol Cardona*
*University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, USA; and ?University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
To assess risk for human exposure to avian influenza viruses (AIV), we sampled California wild birds and marine mammals during October 2005?August 2007and estimated human?wildlife contact.
Waterfowl hunters were 8 times more likely to have contact with AIV-infected wildlife than persons with casual or occupational exposures (p<0.0001).
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