Risk for avian influenza virus exposure at human-wildlife interface

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;14(7):1151-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1407.080066.

Abstract

To assess risk for human exposure to avian influenza viruses (AIV), we sampled California wild birds and marine mammals during October 2005-August 2007 and 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).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds / virology*
  • California
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology*
  • Influenza in Birds / transmission
  • Influenza, Human*
  • Population Surveillance
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors