Preventing Zoonotic Influenza Virus Infection
- Ramirez, Alejandro
- Capuano, Ana W.
- Wellman, Debbie A.
- Lesher, Kelly A.
- Setterquist, Sharon F.
- Gray, Gregory C.
Publication date
June 2006
DOI Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository ISSN
1080-6040 Language
English Citation count (estimate)
61Abstract
We evaluated 49 swine industry workers and 79 nonexposed controls for antibodies to swine influenza viruses. Multivariate modeling showed that workers who seldom used gloves (odds ratio [OR] 30.3) or who smoked (OR 18.7) most frequently had evidence of previous H1N1 swine virus. These findings may be valuable in planning for pandemic influenza
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