Epizootic swine influenza with evidence of a low rate of human infection associated with occupational exposure to swine
Olson, J.G.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 8(3): 368-370
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 204060 Document Number: 119633
An epizootic of swine influenza occurred among swine at the Taiwan Sugar Corporation, Chu-man, Taiwan in March and April, 1975. Farm employees were examined to determine whether virus transmission occurred from infected swine to humans and whether secondary human-to-human transmission was evident. Although there was evidence for virus transmission from swine to humans, antibody prevalences suggested that transmission occurred at a very low rate. No evidence of human-to-human virus transmission was found.