The Trojan chicken study, Minnesota

Sandra R. Olson; Gregory C. Gray

doi:10.3201/eid1205.050790

The Trojan chicken study, Minnesota

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We conducted a study in the summer of 2004 at county fairs in the Midwest to investigate the role poultry exhibits have in spreading avian pathogens to humans. A nearly invisible powder (pathogen surrogate) that fluoresces under UV light was surreptitiously sprinkled each day on 1 show bird at each of 2 fairs. A UV light box was used to daily examine the hands of 94 poultry-exhibit participants (blinded regarding UV box results) for up to 4 days during the poultry shows. Enrollment and end-of-study questionnaires collected data on pathogen risk factors. Eight (8.5%) of 94 participants had evidence of fluorescent powder contamination (95% confidence interval 2.76%-14.26%). This contamination and infrequent handwashing practices suggest that county fairs are a possible venue for animal-to-human pathogen transmission.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	795-799
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.050790
State	Published - May 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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