Risk for avian influenza virus exposure at human-wildlife interface

Jennifer Siembieda, Christine K. Johnson, Walter Boyce, Christian Sandrock, Carol Cardona

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Abstract

To assess risk for human exposure to avian influenza viruses (AIV), we sampled California wild birds and marine mammals during October 2005-August 2007and estimated human-wildlife contact. Waterfowl hunters were 8 times more likely to have contact with AIV-infected wildlife than were persons with casual or occupational exposures (p<0.0001).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1151-1153
Number of pages3
JournalEmerging infectious diseases
Volume14
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2008

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