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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 18, Issue 12, Pages 1937-1944Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.121097
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- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Allegheny County Department of Health
- External Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc.
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
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During August 2011, influenza A (H3N2) variant [A(H3N2)v] virus infection developed in a child who attended an agricultural fair in Pennsylvania, USA; the virus resulted from reassortment of a swine influenza virus with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09. We interviewed fair attendees and conducted a retrospective cohort study among members of an agricultural club who attended the fair. Probable and confirmed cases of A(H3N2)v virus infection were defined by serology and genomic sequencing results, respectively. We identified 82 suspected, 4 probable, and 3 confirmed case-patients who attended the fair. Among 127 cohort study members, the risk for suspected case status increased as swine exposure increased from none (4%; referent) to visiting swine exhibits (8%; relative risk 2.1; 95% CI 0.2-53.4) to touching swine (16%; relative risk 4.4; 95% CI 0.8-116.3). Fairs may be venues for zoonotic transmission of viruses with epidemic potential; thus, health officials should investigate respiratory illness outbreaks associated with agricultural events.
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