No Evidence of Avian Influenza A H5N1 among Returning US Travelers

Abstract

We reviewed reports to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of US travelers suspected of having avian influenza A H5N1 virus infection from February 2003 through May 2006. Among the 59 reported patients, no evidence of H5N1 virus infection was found; none had had direct contact with poultry, but 42% had evidence of human influenza A.

Keywords

• Influenza
• human
• influenza A virus
• H5N1
• human/diagnosis
• tropical medicine