Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
Letter
Early Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013
Table
Public attitudes and behaviors in response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013*
Characteristic | % (95% CI) persons with characteristic |
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Urban districts, n = 594 | Semirural districts |
Total, N = 1,177 | ||
Conghua, n = 283 | Zengcheng, n = 300 | |||
Household purchase of live birds from LPMs | ||||
Weekly to monthly | 21.2 (17.6–25.2) | 29.7 (23.8–36.5) | 19.7 (14.7–25.8) | 21.6 (18.5–25.0) |
At least weekly | 34.1 (29.7–38.7) | 29.5 (23.2–36.6) | 23.3 (18.1–29.6) | 33.5 (29.7–37.5) |
Buying less/stopped buying because of A(H7N9)
epidemic |
58.7 (54.0–63.3) |
56.3 (49.3–63.2) |
71.6 (64.8–77.5) |
59.1 (55.1–63.0) |
Attitude (agree/strongly agree) toward control measures | ||||
Introducing 1 or 2 market rest days per month | 88.7 (85.4–91.4) | 90.5 (85.9–93.7) | 91.2 (87.1–94.0) | 89.7 (87.6–91.5) |
Closing LPMs |
20.8 (17.3–24.7) |
16.2 (12.0–21.4) |
31.1 (25.4–37.3) |
21.1 (18.1–24.4) |
Perception (agree/strongly agree) of risk from LPMs | ||||
Live animals sold in markets are a risk to human health | 34.0 (29.8–38.5) | 33.3 (26.9–40.4) | 38.2 (32.0–44.7) | 34.3 (30.7–38.1) |
Poor market hygiene is main cause of avian influenza transmission | 68.5(64.0–72.7) | 73.1 (66.9–78.6) | 68.3 (61.7–74.4) | 69.0 (65.2–72.5) |
Likelihood (likely/very likely) of getting sick as a result of buying live birds from LPMs | 18.7 (15.5–22.4) | 9.9 (6.8–14.1) | 30.0 (23.8–37.0) | 19.1 (16.3–22.3) |
*All values are weighted by population age and sex and adjusted by sample age, sex, and education level, using logistic regression models. Boldface indicate that attitudes/perceptions in Conghua or Zengcheng were significantly different (p<0.05) from those in urban districts. LPMs, live poultry markets.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.