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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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