Occupational Risk from Avian Influenza Viruses at Different Ecological Interfaces Between 1997 and 2019.

ABSTRACT: Unprotected exposures to infected poultry or wild birds, and/or to the related avian influenza virus (AIV)-contaminated environments, could account for AIV infection in workers. This study was aimed at highlighting the ecological interfaces related to domestic poultry and wild birds posing an occupational risk regarding AIV. A search of all the articles investigating the possible presence of AIV in workers attested through virological and serological techniques and published up to August 2019 was performed on PubMed and Scopus electronic databases. Ninety-four articles consisting of 11 virological, 67 serological, and 16 mixed (both virological and serological) studies were obtained. Both virological and serological evidences of AIV infection were mainly related to H5, H7, and H9 subtypes.

SUBMITTER: De Marco MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12195780 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature