Household Transmission of Zoonotic Influenza Viruses in a Cohort of Egyptian Poultry Growers

BackgroundThe highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses and the low pathogenic H9N2 viruses are enzootic in Egyptian poultry. Several cases of human infection with H5N1 were reported in Egypt. We previously determined that the seroprevalence of H5N1 antibodies in Egyptia...

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Main Authors: El Rifay, Amira S, Elabd, Mona A, Abu Zeid, Dina, Gomaa, Mokhtar R, Tang, Li, McKenzie, Pamela P, Webby, Richard J, Ali, Mohamed A, Kayali, Ghazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2015-06-01
Series:JMIR Research Protocols
Online Access:http://www.researchprotocols.org/2015/2/e74/