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Provedor de dados: | 89
País: | Brazil
Título: | H9N2 avian influenza virus antibody titers in human population in fars province, Iran
Autores: | Hadipour,MM.
Data: | 2010-09-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Avian influenza virus; Fars province; Human; H9N2; Iran; Seroprevalence.
Resumo: | Among the avian influenza A virus subtypes, H5N1 and H9N2 viruses have the potential to cause an influenza pandemic because they are widely prevalent in avian species in Asia and have demonstrated the ability to infect humans. This study was carried out to determined the seroprevalence of H9N2 avian influenza virus in different human populations in Fars province, which is situated in the south of Iran. Antibodies against H9N2 avian influenza virus were measured using hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test in sera from 300 individuals in five different population in Fars province, including poultry-farm workers, slaughter-house workers, veterinarians, patients with clinical signs of respiratory disease, and clinically normal individuals, who were not or rarely in contact with poultry. Mean antibody titers of 7.3, 6.8, 6.1, 4.5, and 2.9 and seroprevalences of 87%, 76.2%, 72.5%, 35.6%, and 23% were determined in those groups, respectively. Higher prevalences were detected in poultry-farm workers, slaughter-house workers, and veterinarians, possibly due to their close and frequent contact with poultry.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2010000300004
Editor: | Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
Relação: | 10.1590/S1516-635X2010000300004
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science  v.12 n.3 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess