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Article: VETERINARIANS AT INCREASED RISK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 31, 2007
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The University of Iowa of issued the following news release:
Veterinarians who work with birds are at increased risk for infection with avian influenza virus and should be among those with priority access to pandemic influenza vaccines and antivirals, according to a study conducted by researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.
The investigators, led by Kendall Myers, a doctoral student in occupational and environmental health, and Gregory Gray, M.D., UI professor of epidemiology, examined blood samples from a group of U.S. veterinarians for evidence of previous avian influenza virus infection. The veterinarians all had occupational exposure to live chickens, ducks, ...