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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020

Research

Incidence and Seroprevalence of Avian Influenza in a Cohort of Backyard Poultry Growers, Egypt, August 2015–March 2019

Mokhtar R. Gomaa1, Amira S. El Rifay1, Dina Abu Zeid, Mona A. Elabd, Eman Elabd, Ahmed Kandeil, Noura M. Abo Shama, Mina N. Kamel, Mohamed A. Marouf, Ahmed Barakat, Samir Refaey, Amal Naguib, Pamela P. McKenzie, Richard J. Webby, Mohamed A. AliComments to Author , and Ghazi KayaliComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt (M.R. Gomaa, A.S. El Rifay, D. Abu Zeid, M.A. Elabd, E. Elabd, A. Kandeil, N.M. Abo Shama, M.N. Kamel, M.A. Marouf, M.A. Ali); Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (A. Barakat); Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo (S. Refaey, A. Naguib); St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (P.P. McKenzie, R.J. Webby); Human Link, Hazmieh, Lebanon (G. Kayali); University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA (G. Kayali)

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Table 3

Demographic and health data of participants in a study of avian influenza among backyard poultry growers, Egypt, August 2015–March 2019

Characteristic No. (%)*
Age group, y
2–6
 381 (15.9)
7–14
 552 (23.0)
15–17
 142 (5.9)
>18
 1,322 (55.2)
Sex
F
 1,317 (54.9)
M
 1,080 (45.1)
Educational level
Not educated
 822 (34.3)
Elementary
 800 (33.4)
Intermediate
 448 (18.7)
Vocational
 35 (1.5)
Secondary
 95 (4.0)
College
 116 (4.8)
Graduate degree
 78 (3.3)
Marital status
Divorced
 8 (0.3)
Married
 1,048 (43.7)
Single, never married
 1,232 (51.4)
Widowed
 109 (4.5)
Occupation
Toddler
 339 (14.2)
Student
 783 (32.8)
Housewife
 698 (29.2)
Unskilled labor or unemployed
 282 (11.8)
Skilled labor or professional
 287 (12.0)
Chronic disease
Yes
 250 (10.4)
No
 2,147 (89.6)
Long-term breathing problems
Yes
 45 (1.9)
No
 2,340 (98.1)
Current tobacco user
Yes
 203 (8.6)
No
 2,164 (90.3)
Ever received the influenza vaccine
Yes
 4 (0.2)
No 2,377 (99.8)

*Totals do not add up to 2,402 for all characteristics because of missing data.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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