Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)

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 outb...

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Autores principales: Morgan, Oliver, Kuhne, Mirjam, Nair, Pat, Verlander, Neville Q., Preece, Richard, McDougal, Marianne, Zambon, Maria, Reacher, Mark
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19116052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.070660
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author Morgan, Oliver
Kuhne, Mirjam
Nair, Pat
Verlander, Neville Q.
Preece, Richard
McDougal, Marianne
Zambon, Maria
Reacher, Mark
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-26626322009-03-30 Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3) Morgan, Oliver Kuhne, Mirjam Nair, Pat Verlander, Neville Q. Preece, Richard McDougal, Marianne Zambon, Maria Reacher, Mark Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2662632/ /pubmed/19116052 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.070660 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Morgan, Oliver
Kuhne, Mirjam
Nair, Pat
Verlander, Neville Q.
Preece, Richard
McDougal, Marianne
Zambon, Maria
Reacher, Mark
Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
title Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
title_full Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
title_fullStr Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
title_full_unstemmed Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
title_short Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
title_sort personal protective equipment and risk for avian influenza (h7n3)
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19116052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.070660
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