INFLUENZA AMONG POISON GAS WORKERS

Influenza among afebrile and vaccinated healthcare workers.

BACKGROUND To prevent transmission of influenza from healthcare workers (HCWs) to patients, many hospitals exclude febrile HCWs from working, but allow afebrile HCWs with respiratory symptoms to have contact with patients. During the 2013-2014 influenza season at our hospital, an influenza-positive HCW with respiratory symptoms but no fever was linked to a case of possible healthcare-associated...

Cytogenetic abnormalities of hematopoietic tissue in retired workers of the Ohkunojima poison gas factory.

A high incidence of cancer of the respiratory tract has been reported among former workers in a poison gas manufacturing plant which operated on Ohkunojima from 1927 to 1945. This report provides evidence of a high incidence of chromosome abnormality and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) rate among the former workers, as well as cytogenetic changes in two patients among the former workers with ch...

Poison Gas Proliferation: Paradox, Politics, and Law

avian influenza (h9n2) among poultry workers in iran

background and objectives: a number of different subtypes of avian influenza (ai) viruses have emerged in humans includingh5n1, h7n2, h7n7 and h9n2. these influenza viruses are excreted in the infected birds and in their respiratory secretions.the aim of this study was to investigate seropositivity against h9n2 and h7n7 viruses among poultry and slaughterhouse workers with occupational risk of ...

Avian Influenza Risk Perception among Poultry Workers, Nigeria

To the Editor: In Nigeria and other African countries, outbreaks caused by the Asian strain of highly patho-genic avian infl uenza virus (HPAI) subtype H5N1 have occurred in poultry. These countries do not have the capacity to effectively manage, eliminate , and control animal diseases, and humans generally live in close contact with poultry (1,2). Before these outbreaks (2006) in other countri...