Household Transmission of Zoonotic Influenza Viruses in a Cohort of Egyptian Poultry Growers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses and the low pathogenic H9N2 viruses are enzootic in Egyptian poultry. Several cases of human infection with H5N1 were reported in Egypt. We previously determined that the seroprevalence of H5N1 antibodies in Egyptians exposed to poultry is 2.1% (15/708), suggesting that mild or subclinical infections with this virus occur. We aim to measure the incidence of avian influenza infection in Egyptians exposed to poultry, study risk factors of infection, study the resulting immune response, study household transmission rates, and characterize the viruses causing infections.

Objective

The objective of the study is to design a 7-year, prospective, household-based cohort investigation to determine incidence and household tr

SUBMITTER: El Rifay AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4526956 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature