Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China.
We report on a study conducted in Guangdong Province, China, to characterize behaviors and perceptions associated with transmission of pathogens with pandemic potential in highly exposed human populations at the animal-human interface. A risk factor/exposure survey was administered to individuals wi...
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| author | Corina Monagin Blanca Paccha Ning Liang Sally Trufan Huiqiong Zhou De Wu Bradley S Schneider Aleksei Chmura Jonathan H Epstein Peter Daszak Changwen Ke Peter M Rabinowitz |
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| description | We report on a study conducted in Guangdong Province, China, to characterize behaviors and perceptions associated with transmission of pathogens with pandemic potential in highly exposed human populations at the animal-human interface. A risk factor/exposure survey was administered to individuals with high levels of exposure to wildlife. Serological testing was performed to evaluate prior infection with several wildlife viral pathogens. Follow up serology was performed on a subset of the cohort as well as close contacts of individuals. 1,312 individuals were enrolled in the study. Contact with a wide range of wildlife species was reported in both occupational and occasional contexts. The overall proportion of individuals seropositive to any of the tested wildlife pathogens was approximately 4.0%. However, persons employed as butchers demonstrated a seropositivity of 9.0% to at least one pathogen of interest. By contrast, individuals working as hunters had lower rates of seropositivity. Among the study population, a number of other behaviors showed correlation with seropositivity, including contact with particular wildlife species such as field rats. These results demonstrate the need to further explore zoonotic risks of particular activities regarding wildlife contact, and to better understand risks of persons working as butchers with wildlife species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c8a70626c50473da2601e43aae0dc3b2022-12-22T02:02:17ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01134e019464710.1371/journal.pone.0194647Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China.Corina MonaginBlanca PacchaNing LiangSally TrufanHuiqiong ZhouDe WuBradley S SchneiderAleksei ChmuraJonathan H EpsteinPeter DaszakChangwen KePeter M RabinowitzWe report on a study conducted in Guangdong Province, China, to characterize behaviors and perceptions associated with transmission of pathogens with pandemic potential in highly exposed human populations at the animal-human interface. A risk factor/exposure survey was administered to individuals with high levels of exposure to wildlife. Serological testing was performed to evaluate prior infection with several wildlife viral pathogens. Follow up serology was performed on a subset of the cohort as well as close contacts of individuals. 1,312 individuals were enrolled in the study. Contact with a wide range of wildlife species was reported in both occupational and occasional contexts. The overall proportion of individuals seropositive to any of the tested wildlife pathogens was approximately 4.0%. However, persons employed as butchers demonstrated a seropositivity of 9.0% to at least one pathogen of interest. By contrast, individuals working as hunters had lower rates of seropositivity. Among the study population, a number of other behaviors showed correlation with seropositivity, including contact with particular wildlife species such as field rats. These results demonstrate the need to further explore zoonotic risks of particular activities regarding wildlife contact, and to better understand risks of persons working as butchers with wildlife species.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5882129?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Corina Monagin Blanca Paccha Ning Liang Sally Trufan Huiqiong Zhou De Wu Bradley S Schneider Aleksei Chmura Jonathan H Epstein Peter Daszak Changwen Ke Peter M Rabinowitz Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. PLoS ONE |
| title | Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. |
| title_full | Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. |
| title_fullStr | Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. |
| title_short | Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. |
| title_sort | serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in china |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5882129?pdf=render |
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