TY - JOUR AU - Kayali, Ghazi AU - Webby, Richard J. AU - Xiong, Xiaoping AU - Sherif, Lobna S. AU - A El-Ghafar, Esmat AU - Ali, Mohamed A. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/11/09 TI - Prospective study of avian influenza transmission to humans in egypt JO - BMC Public Health SP - 685 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus remains a public health threat and continues to cause outbreaks among poultry as well as human infections. Since its appearance, the virus has spread to numerous geographic areas and is now considered endemic in Egypt and other countries. Most studies on human H5N1 cases were conducted to investigate outbreak situations and were not designed to address fundamental questions about the epidemiology of human infection with H5N1 viruses. Our objective for this study is to answer these questions by estimating the prevalence and incidence rates of human cases and determine associated risk and protective factors in areas where H5N1 viruses are endemic. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-685 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-10-685 ID - Kayali2010 ER -