The Trojan Chicken Study, Minnesota

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Olson, Sandra R. ; Gray, Gregory C.
• Description:
  We conducted a study in the summer of 2004 at county fairs in the Midwest to investigate the role poultry exhibits have in spreading avian pathogens to humans. A nearly invisible powder (pathogen surrogate) that fluoresces under UV light was surreptitiously sprinkled each day on 1 show bird at each of 2 fairs. A UV light box was used to daily examine the hands of 94 poultry-exhibit participants (blinded regarding UV box results) for up to 4 days during the poultry shows. Enrollment and end-of-study questionnaires collected data on pathogen risk factors. Eight (8.5%) of 94 participants had evidence of fluorescent powder contamination (95% confidence interval 2.76%-14.26%). This contamination and infrequent handwashing practices suggest that county fairs are a possible venue for animal-to-human pathogen transmission.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Agriculture Animals Chickens Child Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Feasibility Studies Female Hand Disinfection Humans Hygiene Male Middle Aged Poultry Diseases Risk Factors Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):795-799.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2003660a9d47548ba2661f2ff51d67249f5e7cc7d95c76ce073e4c7ba08b7c0b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15984/cdc_15984_DS1.pdf
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