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Document ID (ISN)104455
CIS number 05-725
Year 2005
Convention or series no.
Title Avian influenza: Hazards in the workplace and preparations for a possible pandemic
Original title Grippe aviaire: risques en milieu professsionnel et perspectives en cas de pandémie [in French]
Bibliographic information Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (INRS), 30 rue Olivier Noyer, 75680 Paris, Cedex 14, France, updated edition, 2005. Internet document (7p.) Illus. 10 ref.
Internet access http://www.inrs.fr/INRS-PUB/inrs01.nsf/inrs01_search_view_view/18ED664BAC0BD9CAC125705000570B29/$FILE/visu.html?OpenElement [in French]
Abstract Information sheet on avian influenza. Contents: overview (viral disease, modification of type-A influenza, spread by birds, origin in the Far East); potential of very high mortality; incubation period (1-2 days in birds, a bit longer in humans); transmission; means of protection; groups at particular risk of being infected; recommendations to people who may have to visit infected areas for professional reasons; advice to people returning from infected areas (if they develop suspicious symptoms); relationship between avian and human influenza; preparations for a possible pandemic.
Descriptors (primary) avian influenza; infectious diseases; zoonoses; France
Descriptors (secondary) data sheet
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Influenza
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
Zoonoses