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Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3) [CDC EID]
EID Volume 1, Number 1?January 2009
Dispatch
Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
Oliver Morgan,1 Mirjam Kuhne, Pat Nair, Neville Q. Verlander, Richard Preece, Marianne McDougal, Maria Zambon, and Mark Reacher
Author affiliations: Health Protection Agency, Cambridge, UK (O. Morgan, P. Nair, M. Reacher); Health Protection Agency, London, UK (M. Kuhne, N.Q. Verlander, M. Zambon); Atos Origin, London (R. Preece); and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London (M. McDougal)
Abstract
An outbreak of avian influenza (H7N3) among poultry resulted in laboratory-confirmed disease in 1 of 103 exposed persons.
Incomplete use of personal protective equipment (PPE) was associated with conjunctivitis and influenza-like symptoms.
Rigorous use of PPE by persons managing avian influenza outbreaks may reduce exposure to potentially hazardous infected poultry materials.
In April 2006, an outbreak of avian influenza occurred on 3 poultry farms in Norfolk, England (1). Reverse transcription?PCR (RT-PCR) of poultry blood samples and cloacal swabs detected low-pathogenic avian influenza (H7N3) on 1 farm, and veterinary investigation confirmed influenza subtype H7N3 on the 2 adjacent farms.
Surveillance and protection zones were established around all infected premises, and all birds were culled.
Persons who had been exposed were offered oseltamivir prophylaxis; those with influenza symptoms were offered oseltamivir treatment and influenza vaccination.
All persons at risk were orally instructed to wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
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<cite cite="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/1/59.htm">Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3) | CDC EID</cite>Dispatch
Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
Oliver Morgan,1 Mirjam Kuhne, Pat Nair, Neville Q. Verlander, Richard Preece, Marianne McDougal, Maria Zambon, and Mark Reacher
Author affiliations: Health Protection Agency, Cambridge, UK (O. Morgan, P. Nair, M. Reacher); Health Protection Agency, London, UK (M. Kuhne, N.Q. Verlander, M. Zambon); Atos Origin, London (R. Preece); and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London (M. McDougal)
Abstract
An outbreak of avian influenza (H7N3) among poultry resulted in laboratory-confirmed disease in 1 of 103 exposed persons.
Incomplete use of personal protective equipment (PPE) was associated with conjunctivitis and influenza-like symptoms.
Rigorous use of PPE by persons managing avian influenza outbreaks may reduce exposure to potentially hazardous infected poultry materials.
In April 2006, an outbreak of avian influenza occurred on 3 poultry farms in Norfolk, England (1). Reverse transcription?PCR (RT-PCR) of poultry blood samples and cloacal swabs detected low-pathogenic avian influenza (H7N3) on 1 farm, and veterinary investigation confirmed influenza subtype H7N3 on the 2 adjacent farms.
Surveillance and protection zones were established around all infected premises, and all birds were culled.
Persons who had been exposed were offered oseltamivir prophylaxis; those with influenza symptoms were offered oseltamivir treatment and influenza vaccination.
All persons at risk were orally instructed to wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
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