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Table 4 Avian influenza: Reported transmission pattern and behaviour during the 2005 epizooty and at the time of the survey: June-July 2006, Lyon-France.

From: Perception of epidemic's related anxiety in the General French Population: a cross-sectional study in the Rhône-Alpes region

Reported transmission route

(n = 567)

 

Yes

(%)

No

(%)

Don't know

(%)

  

Contacts with contaminated poultry

81

17

3

  

Consumption of eggs or poultry

21

76

3

  

Contacts with contaminated subjects

37

49

15

  

Intra-human transmission

36

54

10

  

Behaviours

(n = 567)

 

In 2005

 

At the time of survey

 

Yes

(%)

No

(%)

 

Yes

(%)

No

(%)

Do not eat poultry

20

80

 

10

90

Avoid or cancel travel to countries at risk

19

81

 

13

87

Avoid public places or at risk persons

17

83

 

6

94

Consult physicians for more information

5

94

 

2

98

Buy antiviral drugs

4

96

 

2

98

Others

3

96

 

1

99

Perception of measures taken by the French health authorities

 

Yes

(%)

No

(%)

Don't know

(%)

Know the measures (n = 567)

82

18

 

-

 

Express confidence in the measures (n = 466)

68

32

 

-

 

Think measures are adapted to the situation (n = 466)

68

32

 

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