Live poultry exposures, Hong Kong and Hanoi, 2006.
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 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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Department of Community Medicine and Unit for Behavioural Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. fielding@hkusua.hku.hk
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Tran H
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Wendy W T
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Gabriel M
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Truong Q
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011200:Poultry; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology