Seroprevalence of anti-H5 antibody among Thai health care workers after exposure to avian influenza (H5N1) in a tertiary care center - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2005 Jan 15;40(2):e16-8.

doi: 10.1086/427034. Epub 2004 Dec 17.

Steven Erb, Iain Stephenson, Jacqueline M Katz, Malinee Chittaganpitch, Somchai Sangkitporn, Rungruang Kitphati, Pranee Thawatsupha, Sunthareeya Waicharoen, Uayporn Pinitchai, Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak, Victoria J Fraser, Linda M Mundy

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Seroprevalence of anti-H5 antibody among Thai health care workers after exposure to avian influenza (H5N1) in a tertiary care center

Anucha Apisarnthanarak et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2005.

Abstract

After the initial atypical presentation of a patient with avian influenza (H5N1) infection, paired acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples obtained from 25 health care workers (HCWs) who were exposed to the patient were compared with paired serum samples obtained from 24 HCWs who worked at different units in the same hospital and were not exposed to the patient. There was no serologic evidence of anti-H5 antibody reactivity or subclinical infection in either of the groups.

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