Risk of Influenza A (H5N1) Infection among Health Care Workers Exposed to Patients with Influenza A (H5N1), Hong Kong

B. Bridges, Carolyn; M. Katz, Jacqueline; Seto, WH; K.S. Chan, Paul; N.C. Tsang, Dominic; Ho, William; Hang Mak, Kwok; Lim, Wilina; S. Tam, John; Clarke, Matthew; Williams, Seymour; W. Mounts, Anthony; Bresee, Joseph; A. Conn, Laura; Rowe, Thomas; Hu‐Primmer, Jean; A. Abernathy, Robert; Lu, Xiuhua; J. Cox, Nancy; Fukuda, Keiji

doi:10.1086/315213

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Risk of Influenza A (H5N1) Infection among Health Care Workers Exposed to Patients with Influenza A (H5N1), Hong Kong

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jan 1, 2000

Authors:

Carolyn B. Bridges

Jacqueline M. Katz

WH Seto

Abstract

The first outbreak of avian influenza A (H5N1) occurred among humans in Hong Kong in 1997. To estimate the risk of person-to-person transmission, a retrospective cohort study was conducted to compare the prevalence of H5N1 antibody among health care workers (HCWs) exposed to H5N1 case-patients with ...

Subject

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1

Medicine

Transmission (telecommunications)

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