Incidence and Seroprevalence of Avian Influenza in a Cohort of Backyard Poultry Growers, Egypt, August 2015–March 2019

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 2129 - 2136
• Main Authors: Gomaa, Mokhtar R., El Rifay, Amira S., Abu Zeid, Dina, Elabd, Mona A., Elabd, Eman, Kandeil, Ahmed, Shama, Noura M. Abo, Kamel, Mina N., Marouf, Mohamed A., Barakat, Ahmed, Refaey, Samir, Naguib, Amal, McKenzie, Pamela P., Webby, Richard J., Ali, Mohamed A., Kayali, Ghazi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.09.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Antibodies; Asymptomatic; Avian flu; Avian influenza; Avian influenza viruses; cohort; Egypt; Epidemiology; Farmers; Health aspects; Hospitals; Households; incidence; Infection; Infections; Laboratories; Poultry; Serology; seroprevalence; Surveillance; Vaccines; Viruses; Egypt; epidemiology; poultry; viruses; avian influenza; Egypt; seroprevalence; cohort; zoonoses; respiratory diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; incidence

Currently enzootic avian influenza H5N1, H9N2, and H5N8 viruses were introduced into poultry in Egypt in 2006, 2011, and 2016, respectively. Infections with H5N1 and H9N2 were reported among poultry-exposed humans. We followed 2,402 persons from households raising backyard poultry from 5 villages in...