TY - JOUR AU - Ramirez, Alejandro AU - Capuano, Ana AU - Wellman, Debbie AU - Lesher, Kelly AU - Setterquist, Sharon AU - Gray, Gregory T1 - Preventing Zoonotic Influenza Virus Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 997 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated 49 swine industry workers and 79 nonexposed controls for antibodies to swine influenza viruses. Multivariate modeling showed that workers who seldom used gloves (odds ratio [OR] 30.3) or who smoked (OR 18.7) most frequently had evidence of previous H1N1 swine virus. These findings may be valuable in planning for pandemic influenza. KW - zoonoses KW - influenza viruses KW - swine KW - occupational exposure KW - communicable diseases KW - emerging KW - agriculture KW - seroepidemiologic studies KW - veterinarians KW - gloves KW - masks KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1206.051576 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/05-1576_article ER - End of Reference