Live Poultry Exposures, Hong Kong and Hanoi, 2006

Since 1997, the largest epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) ever recorded has caused 172 human and several billion bird deaths. Recently administered questionnaires determined that live poultry exposures have declined by ≈63% in Hong Kong since 2004 and that, in Vietnam, domestic ba...

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Autores principales: Fielding, Richard, Bich, Tran H., Quang, La Ngoc, Lam, Wendy W.T., Leung, Gabriel M., Tien, Truong Q., Ho, Ella Y.Y., Anh, Le V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18214181
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1307.061031
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Sumario:Since 1997, the largest epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) ever recorded has caused 172 human and several billion bird deaths. Recently administered questionnaires determined that live poultry exposures have declined by ≈63% in Hong Kong since 2004 and that, in Vietnam, domestic backyard exposures to poultry are likely more important than retail exposures.

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