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Article: Live poultry exposures, Hong Kong and Hanoi, 2006.(DISPATCHES)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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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 [approximately equal to] 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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Most human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (HPAI) arise from exposure to infected poultry (1-3; Figure). Mapping poultry exposure and its determinants can enhance HPAI surveillance (4). We compared live poultry exposures in both Hong ...