Title |
Troop education and avian influenza surveillance in military barracks in Ghana, 2011
|
---|---|
Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2012
|
DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-957 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
John Kofi Odoom, Samuel Bel-Nono, David Rodgers, Prince G Agbenohevi, Courage K Dafeamekpor, Roland M L Sowa, Fenteng Danso, Reuben Tettey, Richard Suu-Ire, Joseph H K Bonney, Ivy A Asante, James Aboagye, Christopher Zaab-Yen Abana, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Karl C Kronmann, Buhari A Oyofo, William K Ampofo |
Abstract |
Influenza A viruses that cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) also infect humans. In many developing countries such as Ghana, poultry and humans live in close proximity in both the general and military populations, increasing risk for the spread of HPAI from birds to humans. Respiratory infections such as influenza are especially prone to rapid spread among military populations living in close quarters such as barracks making this a key population for targeted avian influenza surveillance and public health education. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
Unknown | 92 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 16 | 17% |
Researcher | 12 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 10% |
Other | 8 | 9% |
Other | 13 | 14% |
Unknown | 25 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 17% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 12% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
Environmental Science | 5 | 5% |
Other | 19 | 20% |
Unknown | 28 | 30% |