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

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May 17;25(5). doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181253. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Estimating Risk to Responders Exposed to Avian Influenza A H5 and H7 Viruses in Poultry, United States, 2014-2017.[/h] Olsen SJ, Rooney JA, Blanton L, Rolfes MA, Nelson DI, Gomez TM, Karli SA, Trock SC, Fry AM.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] 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.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] 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

PMID: 30741630 DOI: 10.3201/eid2505.181253
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