European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Feb;138(2):210-3. doi: 10.1017/S0950268809990811. Epub 2009 Sep 18.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 remains a public health threat as long as it circulates in wild and domestic birds. Information on the transmissibility of H5N1 HPAI from wild birds is needed for evidence-based public health advice. We investigated if transmission of H5N1 HPAI had taken place in people that had unprotected contact with infected wild mute swans during an incident at the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England. Thirteen people who had been exposed to infected swans were contacted and actively followed up for symptoms. Serology was taken after 30 days. We did not find evidence of transmission of H5N1 HPAI to humans during the incident. The incident provided a rare opportunity to study the transmissibility of the virus from wild birds to humans.
高致病性禽流感（HPAI）H5N1 亚型只要在野生和家养鸟类中传播，就仍然对公共卫生构成威胁。需要了解 H5N1 高致病性禽流感从野生鸟类传播的情况，以便为循证公共卫生建议提供依据。我们调查了在英格兰多塞特郡阿博茨伯里斯旺纳利发生的一起事件中，与受感染的野生默西鹅无保护接触的人是否发生了 H5N1 高致病性禽流感的传播。接触过受感染天鹅的 13 人被联系并积极跟踪症状。30 天后进行了血清学检查。我们没有发现该事件中有 H5N1 高致病性禽流感病毒在人与人之间传播的证据。该事件为研究病毒从野生鸟类传播到人类的情况提供了难得的机会。
