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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018

Research

Avian Influenza A Virus Infection among Workers at Live Poultry Markets, China, 2013–2016

Mai-Juan Ma1Comments to Author , Teng Zhao1, Shan-Hui Chen, Xian Xia, Xiao-Xian Yang, Guo-Lin Wang, Li-Qun Fang, Guan-Yuan Ma, Meng-Na Wu, Yan-Hua Qian, Natalie E. Dean, Yang Yang, Bing LuComments to Author , and Wu-Chun CaoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China (M.-J. Ma, T. Zhao, X. Xia, X.-X. Yang, G.-L. Wang, L.-Q. Fang, M.-N. Wu, W.-C. Cao); Wuxi Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China (S.-H. Chen, G.-Y. Ma, Y.-H. Qian, B. Lu); The PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing (X. Xia); Taihu University of Wuxi, Wuxi (X.-X. Yang); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (N.E. Dean, Y. Yang)

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Table 1

Seroprevalence of microneutralization titers against influenza A(H7N9), A(H9N2), and A(H5N1) viruses in poultry workers, swine workers, and controls, eastern China, 2013–2016*

Antigen/year
 No. seropositive/no. total (% [95% CI])
Poultry workers
 Swine workers
 Controls
 p value
H7N9
2013 3/511 (0.58 [0.12–1.71]) 0/569 (0 [0–0.65]) 2/915 (0.22 [0.03–0.79]) 0.13
2014 3/533 (0.56 [0.12–1.64]) 1/589 (0.17 [0–0.94]) 1/881 (0.11 [0–0.63]) 0.19
2015 3/535 (0.56 [0.12–1.63]) 0/501 (0 [0–0.73]) 0/855 (0 [0–0.43]) 0.04
2016 0/491 (0 [0–0.75]) 1/367 (0.27 [0.01–1.51]) 1/785 (0.13 [0–0.71]) 0.48
Overall†
 9/964 (0.93 [0.43–1.76])
 2/1,079 (0.19 [0.02–0.67])
 4/1,545 (0.26 [0.07–0.66])
 0.03
H9N2
2013 1/511 (0.20 [0.01–1.09]) 0/569 (0 [0–0.65]) 2/915 (0.22 [0.03–0.79]) 0.61
2014 2/533 (0.38 [0.05–1.35]) 1/589 (0.17 [0–0.94]) 1/881 (0.11 [0–0.63]) 0.70
2015 11/535 (2.06 [1.03–3.65]) 0/501 (0 [0–0.73]) 4/855 (0.47 [0.13–1.19]) <0.001
2016 7/491 (1.43 [0.58–2.92]) 3/367 (0.82 [0.17–2.37]) 2/785 (0.25 [0.03–0.92]) 0.05
Overall†
 18/964 (1.87 [1.11–2.94])
 3/1,079 (0.28 [0.06–0.81])
 9/1,545 (0.58 [0.27–1.10])
 <0.001
H5N1
2013 1/511 (0.20 [0–1.09]) 0/569 (0 [0–0.65]) 0/915 (0 [0–0.40]) 0.26
2014 0/533 (0 [0–0.69]) 0/589 (0 [0–0.62]) 0/881 (0 [0–0.42]) NA
2015 0/535 (0 [0–0.69]) 0/501 (0 [0–0.73]) 0/855 (0 [0–0.43]) NA
2016 17/491 (3.46 [2.03–5.49]) 0/367 (0 [0–1.00]) 0/785 (0 [0–0.47]) <0.001
Overall† 18/964 (1.87 [1.11–2.94]) 0/1,079 (0 [0–0.34]) 0/1,545 (0 [0–0.24]) <0.001

*NA, the statistics were not performed because of 0 in the 2 groups.
†The overall seroprevalence was calculated as the number of seropositive persons divided by the number of all new enrolled persons during the study period.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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