Low risk of avian influenza A (H5N6) transmission to depopulation workers in Korea

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N6) virus occurred between November 20, 2016, and March 1, 2017 in poultry farms, in the Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. To identify the risk of transmission of H5N6 to depopulation workers, active and passive surveillance was conducted. Vi...

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Autores principales: Ryu, Sukhyun, Lim, Jun‐Sik, Cowling, Benjamin J., Chun, Byung Chul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5907809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29236360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12530
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author Ryu, Sukhyun
Lim, Jun‐Sik
Cowling, Benjamin J.
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description An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N6) virus occurred between November 20, 2016, and March 1, 2017 in poultry farms, in the Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. To identify the risk of transmission of H5N6 to depopulation workers, active and passive surveillance was conducted. Virological testing of respiratory swabs with real‐time reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction was performed for workers who reported respiratory symptoms. Among 4633 depopulation workers, 22 reported respiratory symptoms, but all tested negative for H5N6. Personal protective equipment in addition to antiviral prophylaxis was adequate to limit transmission of H5N6 from poultry to humans.
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spelling pubmed-59078092018-05-02 Low risk of avian influenza A (H5N6) transmission to depopulation workers in Korea Ryu, Sukhyun Lim, Jun‐Sik Cowling, Benjamin J. Chun, Byung Chul Influenza Other Respir Viruses Short Articles An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N6) virus occurred between November 20, 2016, and March 1, 2017 in poultry farms, in the Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. To identify the risk of transmission of H5N6 to depopulation workers, active and passive surveillance was conducted. Virological testing of respiratory swabs with real‐time reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction was performed for workers who reported respiratory symptoms. Among 4633 depopulation workers, 22 reported respiratory symptoms, but all tested negative for H5N6. Personal protective equipment in addition to antiviral prophylaxis was adequate to limit transmission of H5N6 from poultry to humans. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-01-05 2018-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5907809/ /pubmed/29236360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12530 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29236360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12530
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